different between labile vs stable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?bilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from l?bor, l?b? (“slip; glide, flow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?ba?l/

Adjective

labile (comparative more labile, superlative most labile)

1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
2. Apt or likely to change.

   Synonym: unstable
3. (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).

4. (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

Derived terms

Related terms

• frigolabile
• lability
• lapse

Translations

Further reading

• labile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• labile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• labile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Belial, Biella, alible, liable

Danish

Adjective

labile

1. definite singular of labil
2. indefinite plural of labil
3. definite plural of labil

French

Etymology

From Latin l?bilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from l?bor, l?b? (“slip; glide, flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bil/

Adjective

labile (plural labiles)

1. labile

Further reading

• “labile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• baille, bâille, bâillé

Italian

Etymology

From Latin l?bilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from l?bor, l?b? (“slip; glide, flow”).

Adjective

labile (plural labili)

1. fleeting, ephemeral
2. fickle

Anagrams

• biella, Biella

Latin

Adjective

l?bile

1. nominative neuter singular of l?bilis
2. accusative neuter singular of l?bilis
3. vocative neuter singular of l?bilis

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste?.b??/
• Rhymes: -e?b?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable and Old French estable, from Latin stabulum (“stall, stand”).

Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
2. (metonymically) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
3. (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
4. (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

   Synonym: heya

5. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

   Synonym: string

   • 2013, Noble Dee, Pimp: Reflection of My Life (page 167)

     My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my stable would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones.

Derived terms

• stablemate

Translations

Verb

stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)

1. (transitive) to put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
   • 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,

     "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.

2. (intransitive) to dwell in a stable.
3. (rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle).

Derived terms

• (rail transport): outstable

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)).

Adjective

stable (comparative stabler or more stable, superlative stablest or most stable)

1. Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation

     In this region of chance, […] where nothing ws stable.

2. (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.

3. (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.

Synonyms

• (relatively unchanging): fixed, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady

Antonyms

• instable
• mobile
• unstable
• varying

Derived terms

• bistable
• instable
• tristable
• unistable
• unstable

Translations

Anagrams

• Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, tables

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stabilis. Replaced Middle French, Old French estable, an earlier borrowing from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stabl/

Adjective

stable (plural stables)

1. stable (relatively unchanging)

Antonyms

• instable

Related terms

• stabiliser
• stabilité

Further reading

• “stable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• baltes, tables

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman stable, from Vulgar Latin *stabula, probably a collective plural of Latin stabulum (“dwelling; stable”).

Noun

stable (plural stables or stablen)

1. stable (building for horses)

Alternative forms

• stabel, stabele, stabil, stabille, stabul, stabulle

Descendants

• English: stable
• Scots: stable
• ? Middle Irish: stábla
  • Irish: stábla
  • Scottish Gaelic: stàball

References

• “st?ble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”).

Adjective

stable (comparative stabler or stablere or stablour)

1. stable (relatively unchanging)

Alternative forms

• stabel, stabele, stabil, stabul

Descendants

• English: stable
• Scots: stable

References

• “st?ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. Alternative form of stablie

Etymology 4

Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. Alternative form of stapel

Etymology 5

Verb

stable (third-person singular simple present stableth, present participle stablynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stabled)

1. Alternative form of stablen (“to establish”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun stabel

Verb

stable (imperative stabl or stable, present tense stabler, passive stables, simple past and past participle stabla or stablet, present participle stablende)

1. to stack, pile

References

• “stable” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “stable” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun stabel

Verb

stable (present tense stablar, past tense stabla, past participle stabla, passive infinitive stablast, present participle stablande, imperative stabl)

1. to stack, pile

Alternative forms

• stabla

References

• “stable” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.