"stable (steady)" in seven languages
Meaningstable (steady)
Spanish
estable
/esˈtable/
learned
French
stable
/stabl/
learned
Italian
stabile
/ˈstabile/
learned
As a noun, uno stabile is a building.
Portuguese
estável
/isˈtavew/
learned
Romanian
stabil
/staˈbil/
learned
Catalan
estable
/əsˈtablə/
learned
English
stable
/ˈsteɪbəl/
from Latin/French · Old French estable
The stable for horses is a different word, from STABULUM.
English → Italianstable (steady)stabileCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
STABILEM‘standing firm (from STĀRE 'to stand')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish props up the s- cluster with an e (estable); Italian keeps it bare and takes lo/uno before it.
English relatives: stability, establish, stabilize
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In a sentence
- esEl paciente está estable.
- frL'état du patient est stable.
- itIl paziente è in condizioni stabili.
- ptO paciente está em estado estável.
- roPacientul este într-o stare stabilă.
- caEl pacient està estable.
- enThe patient is in a stable condition.
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