Stable

Definition: Stable

Stable

Adjective

1. Resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices".

2. Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable".

3. Not taking part readily in chemical change.

4. Maintaining equilibrium.

5. Showing little if any change; "a static population".

Noun

1. A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.

Verb

1. Shelter in a stable; "stable horses".

Date "stable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Stable \Sta"ble\, adjective. [Old English estable, French stable, from Latin stabilis, from stare to stand. See Stand, intransitive verb and compare to Establish.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Chemistry	Firmly fixed; not moving; stabile. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of a stable, is a sign of fortune and advantageous surroundings. To see a stable burning denotes successful changes, or it may be seen in actual life. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Finance	Stock exchange quotations, foreign exchange rates or other kinds of prices and measures which remain close to a certain level. Source: European Union. (references)
Math	This describes a "long hand" or manual method of finding square roots. Finding a square root by hand is a little like long hand division. (references)
Mining	A. Not readily decomposed or deformed. CF:unstable b. A short drivage, room, or space excavated at the end of a longwall face to accommodate a coal cutter or cutter loader. The stable provides room for turning the machine where this is necessary, and also exposes abuttock for the machine to start its cut across the face. (references)
Nuclear Energy & Physics	Incapable of spontaneous change; not radioactive. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
STABLE	English	Stalk-associated archaebacterial endoprotease	Medicine
STOP	English	Stable Ocean Platform	Engineering & Technology
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Stable

Synonyms: static (adj), unchanging (adj), horse barn (n), stalls (n). (additional references)

Antonym: unstable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abode	Cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam; pen; (inclosure); barn, bawn; kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium; shippen; igloo, iglu, jacal; lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang, tepee, topek.
Courage	Strong-minded, hardy, doughty; firm; (stable); determined; (resolved); dogged, indomitable; (persevering) a.
Friend	Schoolmate, schoolfellow; classfellow, classman, classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion.
Inutility	Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late);seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible).
Permanence	Adjective: stable; persisting; Verb: permanent; established; unchanged; (change; ); renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered; unfailing.
Quiescence	Adjective: quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary; immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor; stock, still; standing still; Verb: sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home; becalmed, stagnant, quiet; unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled; calm, restful; cataleptic; immovable; (stable); sleeping; (inactive); silent; still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death; vegetative, vegetating.
Stability	Noun: stability; immutability; Adjective: unchangeability; Adjective: unchangeableness; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb.
	Adjective: unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial; (diuturnal).
Uncleanness	Sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable, sink of corruption; slum, rookery.
Unskillfulness	Begin at the wrong end; do things by halves; (not complete); make two bites of a cherry; play at cross purposes; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; (caprice); put the cart before the horse; lock the stable door when the horse is stolen; (too late).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Stable

English words defined with "stable": livery stable. (references)

Specialty definitions using "stable": Lock the Stable Door ♦ STABLE BASE, Stable Keys, stable manager, stable platforms, stable relict. (references)

Etymologies containing "stable": Thermostable. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Stable" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (constant, enduring, firm, stabile, stable, steady).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Sir, it's quite possible this asteroid is not entirely stable. (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett) She's alive, and in stable condition (Heathers; writing credit: Daniel Waters) Well, first we had to go to a stable. (Ladyhawke; writing credit: Edward Khmara) It's like riding a psychotic horse toward a burning stable. (The Birdcage; writing credit: Jean Poiret; Francis Veber) I think it was too small to be a barn, it looked more like a stable. There was a cow there, does that meanwhat (Curb Your Enthusiasm; writing credit: Larry David)
Lyrics	And then they found a little nook in a stable all forlorn, (Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord; performing artist: Boney M) It keeps me stable for nights (Cars; performing artist: Gary Numan) I'm colt in your stable (Blaze Of Glory; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi)
Movie/TV Titles	Come to the Stable (1949) Stable Mates (1934) The Empty Stable (1924) Stable Companions (1922) The Burning Stable (1896)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Stable Isotopes, Stable Compounds, and Rare-Earth Metal Compounds or Mixtures of Yttrium or Scandium: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Christmas in the Stable (reference) Room in the Stable (reference) Stable Adaptive Control and Estimation for Nonlinear Systems: Neural and Fuzzy Approximator Techniques (reference) The Chrysler Corporation Stock Car Racing Stable of the Late 1960's (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Come to the Stable (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	A Stable Reference (reference) Christmas Album (Light of the Stable) (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	1) A temporary administration building for M.D. Anderson was set up in 1940 in this converted residence known as "the oaks" on the former Baker Estate near downtown Houston. 2) biochemistry and biology laboratories were set up in late 1942 by five scientists using this one-time stable and carriage house on the old Baker Estate. The first patients were seen in other converted residential quarters starting in March, 1944. 3) the permanent home for University of Texas M.D. Anderson hospital began taking shape in the early 1950s in the newly designated Texas Medical Center, which only a few years earlier had been "way out in the woods". 4) M.D. Anderson's first seven-story structure was opened for patient care on March 19, 1954. This initial building contained 310 beds, which were phased into use over a five-year period, along with facilities for cancer research and educational activities. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Stone marking end of comparator, a 100-meter very stable short base line Comparator was used to calibrate and intercompare various measuring instruments This comparator was at Shelton, Nebraska, near Station Shelton East Base Fig. No. 2, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 244. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	An image of the stable portion of the island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Submerged mangrove roots provide a stable substrate where many organisms can live. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
	Dive bells provide a stable mid-water station for air,and communications. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).		Stable on the pool bottom, a bell bobs when hanging from a pitching ship. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Electricians from the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron's Exterior Electric Shop, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., replace outdated utility-pole cross arms. The airmen are replacing the old T-arms with more stable and efficient polymer arms. Phillip Trujillo, 49.		This livestock crossing was installed to offer a stable point for livestock to cross a stream. This low cost engineering practice is an efficient method of reducing bank erosion. Livestock crossings are part of a system promoting rotational grazing. Credit: Don Poggensee.
	Chemist Judith Turnlund and physical scientist William Keyes use thermal ionization mass spectrometry to measure trackable forms of copper, called stable isotopes, in blood plasma. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX. : Veterinary isolation stable and quarantine corral. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Pigs, owls, and horses in a stable.		Stable sounds.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Felicite de Lamennais	Every stable government in history has depended on the resignation of the poor to being poor.
John Heywood	When the steed is stolen, shut the stable door.
Kabbalah	The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions.
William Cullen Bryant	Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The stable boy who brought the oats stooped down suddenly and examined the left wheel
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	If you would avoid uncleanness, and all the sins, work earnestly, though it be at cleaning a stable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The virus is stable in the environment. (references)
		Stable, long-lasting complete remissions are the goal of thymectomy. (references)
		Incidence/prevalence has remained relatively stable in the United States. (references)
Business		Sales of classic mowers and swathes remained stable. (references)
		Germany also enjoys stable long-term relation with China. (references)
		Imports remained stable in 1999, recording a value of USD 2.4 billion. (references)
Children	Pakistan	NGO's estimated that this number remained stable or increased slightly during the year. (references)
Civil Liberties	Spain	Many such applicants come from politically stable but economically impoverished countries. (references)
	China	Due to the stable situation in Vietnam of ethnic Chinese and the increasingly porous border between the two countries, very few Vietnamese have sought resettlement in China in recent years. (references)
Economic History	Qatar	Qatar is politically stable. (references)
	Jamaica	Jamaica's political system is stable. (references)
	Poland	Poland is a politically stable country. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	Mexico State's Attorney General stated that the number of kidnapings has remained stable in the state. (references)
Minorities	Tanzania	Generally there are stable relations between the various religious communities; however, there is some tension between Muslims and Christians, and some tension between moderate and fundamentalist Muslims. (references)
Political Economy	Croatia	The exchange rate and prices remained stable. (references)
Trade	Canada	The financial markets in Canada are stable, mature, and accessible to everyone. (references)
	Djibouti	The Djibouti franc, which has been pegged to the U.S. dollar since 1949, is stable. (references)
	Yemen	The change reflects a stable inflation rate and continued expectations of low inflation for the coming year. (references)
Travel	Uk	The United Kingdom is stable and modern. (references)
	Spain	Spain is a developed and stable democracy with a modern economy. (references)
	Italy	Service interruptions are rare and the frequency of the current is stable. (references)
Worker Rights	South Africa	The LRA is designed to create an industrial relations regime that is stable and recognizes that basic worker rights need to be protected. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889; 1893-1897	Manifestly nothing is more vital to our supremacy as a nation and to the beneficent purposes of our Government than a sound and stable currency.
Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	Passion has swept some of our communities, but only to give us a new demonstration that the great body of our people are stable, patriotic, and law-abiding.
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	Nations are still groping for return to stable ways.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	In fact, if any large number of workers earn less than this amount, we will find it impossible to maintain the levels of purchasing power needed to sustain the stable prosperity which we desire.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Together, we build the foundation for a stable world of both diversity and peace.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Gorbachev's upcoming visit to America can lead to a more stable relationship.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	When Europe is stable, prosperous and at peace, America is more secure.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Stable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.48% of the time. "Stable" is used about 2,206 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	80.48%	1,775	4,755
Noun (singular)	16.98%	375	14,556
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.54%	34	59,261
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.68%	15	90,616
Noun (proper)	0.32%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	2,206	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "stable" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Stable	Last name	100	77,805
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "stable": Augean stable ♦ become stable ♦ livery stable ♦ lock the stable door when the horse is stolen ♦ make stable ♦ moderately stable ♦ muck out a stable ♦ racing stable ♦ slightly stable ♦ stable air ♦ stable base film ♦ stable boy ♦ stable call ♦ stable collocation ♦ stable companion ♦ stable conditions ♦ stable defense ♦ stable disease ♦ stable door ♦ stable economy ♦ Stable equibrium ♦ stable equilibrium ♦ stable factor ♦ stable fly ♦ stable gear ♦ stable hand ♦ stable in value ♦ stable lad ♦ stable man ♦ stable manure ♦ stable stand ♦ stable state ♦ stable stream. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "stable": stable-block, stable-boy, stable-boys, stable-chronic, stable-cleaning, stable-companion, stable-companions, stable-dwelling, stable-dynamic, stable-garage, stable-hand, stable-hands, stable-jockey, stable-keeper, stable-kept, stable-lad, stable-lads, stable-mate, stable-mates, stable-place, stable-room, stable-type, stable-wicket, stable-yard.
	Ending with "stable": detergent-stable, far-from-stable, heat-stable, previously-stable, prison-stable, quasi-stable, riding-stable, semi-stable, speed-stable, super-stable, thermo-stable, ultra-stable, unconditionally-stable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "stable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		Augiasstal (Augean, Augean stable). (various references)

Albanian		ahur (byre, cot, cowhouse, cowshed, depository, stall, sty). (various references)

Arabic		‏متوازن (balanced, equiponderant, footing), ‏مستقر (constant, enduring, firm, normal, regular, settled, stabilized, steady), ‏وطيد (firm, settled, solid, steady, stiff), ‏زريبة (corral, cote, cowshed, crib, fold, house, pen, pound, shed, yard), ‏إسطبل (barn), ‏ثابت (abiding, constant, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, habitual, immobile, immovable, immutable, indubitable, invariable, lasting, lingering, perpetual, settled, solid, stabile, standing, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, stubborn, sturdy, substantive, unfailing, unmoved), ‏راسخ (deep-seated, earthbound, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, founded, immovable, incommutable, incorrigible, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, settled, solid, sound, stabile, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure, unalterable, vested), ‏دخل في الإستطبل. (various references)

Blackfoot		ponokáómitaoyis. (various references)

Bulgarian		стабилен (fast, fixed, foursquare, immovable, steady), устойчив (firm, persevering, resistant, rigid, settled, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure footed, unswerving), решителен (chopping, crisp, decided, decisive, determined, drastic, fateful, flat-footed, heroic, high-spirited, obstinate, peremptory, plucky, plump, point blank, pronounced, purposeful, purposive, resolute, ringing, stalwart, straight out, strong-minded, sturdy, thoroughgoing, trenchant, ultimate, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, utter, winning), хора с общ произход, траен (abiding, durable, enduring, fast, keeping, lasting, secular, secure, serviceable, settled, standing, steadfast, stout, substantive), твърд (adamant, adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, dogged, fast, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, solid, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), конюшня, живея като в конюшня, живея в конюшня, постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, minutely, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, secular, settled, standing, static, steadfast, steady, stock, substantive, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried), поставям в конюшня, породисти коне от една конюшня, изделия с общ произход. (various references)

Chinese		穩定 (steady), 穩 (settled, steady), 磐 (firm, rock), 稳定 (stabilise, stabilised, stabilising, stability, stabilize, stabilized, stabilizing, steadied, steadying), 櫪 , 安定 (calm and orderly, maintain, quiet, settled, stabilize, stabilized), 堅固 (firm, firmly, hard). (various references)

Czech		stabilní (stationary, steady), stálý (constant, durable, enduring, equable, eternal, fast, firm, indissoluble, invariable, perennial, permanent, protracted, regular, sessile, standing, static, stationary, steady, unchangeable), stáj (barn, shed, stud), vyrovnaný (balanced, close, composed, equable, even, even tempered, good tempered, secure, self possessed, serene, well balanced), ustálený, pevný (adamant, compact, concrete, consistent, deep-seated, durable, energetic, fast, firm, fixed, good, hard set, hardwearing, heavy duty, immovable, ingrained, meaty, proof, resilient, resolute, secure, solid, sound, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding, valid), chovat ve stáji. (various references)

Danish		fast (fast, firm, fixed, robust, solid, sturdy), stald (stall, sty), hestestald (corral). (various references)

Dutch		vast (abiding, all the time, certain, certainly, constant, continual, continuous, definite, definitive, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, in the meantime, lasting, meanwhile, permanent, probably, solid, sure, sustained), stevig (fast, firm, firmly, robust, sturdy), stal (corral, stall, sty), stabiel (constant, continual, permanent, sustained), paardestal (corral), hecht (fast, firm, robust, solid, sturdy), gevestigd (fast, firm). (various references)

Esperanto		stalo (stall, sty), stabila, firma (fast, firm), ĉevalejo (corral). (various references)

Faeroese		stallur (stall, sty), skúr (stall, sty), fjós (stall, sty), fastur (fast, firm). (various references)

Farsi		پابرجا (Firm, Immutable, Indefeasible, Resolute, True), محکم (Buff, Firm, Meaty, Secure, Steady, Steel, Stout, Strict, Strong, Sturdy, Substantial, Tenacious, Tight, Tough), محک کردن , مداوم (Continuous, Ongoing, Steady, Unremitting), طویله (Barn), جادادن (Accommodate, Chamber, Embed, Fix, House, Incorporate, Incorporation, Infix, Insert, Receive, Settle, Stead), استوارشدن , استوار (Consistent, Constant, Firm, Immovable, Secure, Sound, Steadfast, Steady, Steel, Sure, Tenacious), اصطبل , ثابت کردن (Clinch, Evidence, Freeze, Immobilize, Posit, Prover), ثابت (Equable, Firm, Immobile, Immovable, Indelible, Irremovable, Loyal, Pat, Permanent, Resolute, Staid, Standstill, Steady, True), درطویله بستن , باثبات (Constant). (various references)

Finnish		vakaa (firm, steadfast, steady), pysyvä (constant, continual, enduring, fixed, lasting, permanent, sustained), luja (decided, durable, fast, firm, resolute, steadfast, steady, stout, strong). (various references)

French		stable (stabile, steady), écurie (stall, string, sty), ferme (steadfast, steady). (various references)

Frisian		stabyl. (various references)

German		Stall (barnstable, byre, coop, Cote, cowshed, henhouse, hutch, Mews, pen, pigpen, pigsty, shed, stall, stud, sty), stabil (fast, firm, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stably, strong, strongly, sturdily, sturdy, well-built), standfest (steadfast, steady), pferdestall, feststehend (definite, established, fast, firm, fixed, set, settled, standing firm, static, stationary, unbreakable), fest (abiding, attached, banquet, buoyant, buoyantly, carnival, celebration, closely, compact, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, crisp, definite, faithfully, fast, feast, festival, festivity, fete, fexed, firm, firmly, fix, fixated, fixed, gaiety, hard, heavy, immovable, ingrained, junket, lasting, moored, non-varying, party, permanent, permanently, proof, regular, robust, safely, secure, securely, set, settled, solid, solidly, sound, squarely, steadfast, steadily, steady, stiff, stout, stoutly, strong, sturdy, sustained, tight, tighten, tightly, tough, unfaltering, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering, unwaveringly), dauerhaft (durable, durably, enduring, lasting, long-lived, non-perishable, non-transient, permanent, permanently, strong, uninterrupted). (various references)

Greek		στάβλος (barn, cow barn, cow kennel, cowhouse, cowshed), σταθερός (consistent, enduring, firm, steady). (various references)

Hawaiian		ahur (byre, cowhouse, cowshed, depository, stall, sty). (various references)

Hebrew		מיוצב (stabilized), מרבק (stall), יציב (fixed, immobile, on an even keel, set, settled, stationary, steady), קבוע (constant, fitted, fixation, fixed, fixing, fixture, habitual, permanent, regular, set, settled, standing, stated, stationary, steady, uniform), אורוה (manger, stall). (various references)

Hungarian		stabil (stabile, stable air, stiff), szilárd (concrete, consistent, fast, firm, gritty, immovable, rigid, robustful, robustic, set, shock-proof, solid, sound, steady, stiff, stout, sturdy, substantial, substantive), lóistálló, lóállomány (horsing). (various references)

Indonesian		kandang (corral, den), ajek (constant, steady). (various references)

Italian		stalla (byre, shed, stall, sty), stabile (abiding, building, durable, firm, permanent, set, settled, standing, steady), scuderia (riding-stable). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		馬小屋 , 牧舎 (barn), 相撲部屋 , 厩舎 (barn), 厩 , 安定した (calm, firm, steady), 安固 (secure, solid), 廐舎 (barn), 廏舎 (barn), 廐 (barn). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すもうべや, きゅうしゃ (barn, hearse, pigeon house), ぼくしゃ (barn, diviner, fortuneteller, herdsman, ranch hand, soothsayer), うまごや, うまや (a stable, barn), あんこ (red bean jam, secure, solid), あんていした (calm, firm, steady). (various references)

Korean		안정되는 (Stabler). (various references)

Manx		thie ny gabbyl, stabyl, shickyr (certain, confident, definite, fast, firm, fixed, impregnable, positive, secure, steadfast, steady, sure, unflinching), shassooagh (abiding, constant, dogged, firm, insistent, invariable, persistent, resolute, steadfast), neuchorragh (immobile, steadily), marklann, fondagh (effectual, efficacious, efficient, firm, impregnable, of good standing, perfect, solid, substantial, sufficent), anchorragh (fixed, immovable). (various references)

Norwegian		stall (stall, sty). (various references)

Papiamen		stabil. (various references)

Pig Latin		ablestay.(various references)

Portuguese		estável (deep-seated, enduring, permanent, settled, solid, steadfast, steady), firme (compact, consistent, deep-seated, die-hard, fadeless, fast, firm, fixed, hard, inflexible, iron, non-ductile, resolute, set, settled, sober, solid, steadfast, steady, stern, stiff, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tight, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unfailing, unfaltering, unhesitating, unmoved, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), estrebaria (stall, sty), estábulo (barn, cowshed, crib, stall, sty), cavalariça (corral, strapper), constante (all-time, besetting, constant, continual, even, fixed, frequent, incessant, lasting, loyal, permanent, persevering, persistent, standing, steadfast, sustained, true-blue, uniform, unremitting, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unwearying). (various references)

Romanian		staul (cowhouse, stall), statornic (abiding, constant, constantly, durable, lasting, permanently, rigid, settled, smooth, steadfast, steadfastly, unchanging, unfailing), stabil (durable, firm, fixed, fixedly, lasting, permanent, sedentary, set, settled, solid, sound, standing, steadfast, steady), solid (awfully, big, deep, durable, enduring, fast, firm, firmly, hard, hard and fast, hefty, massive, massy, portly, profound, reliable, rocky, rugged, safe, secure, serious, solid, solidly, sound, soundly, Square, sterling, stiff, stout, strapping, strong, tenable, tough, well knit), grajd (barn, cow-house, Mews, shed, stabling, stall), fix (certain, clipping, constant, definite, exact, firm, fixed, fixedly, immovable, invariable, permanent, set, sharp, staid, standing, staring, stationary, steady, sure, unalterable, unchangeable), fi în grajd, ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, inflexible, resistant, resolute, resolved, set, staunch, steadfast, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), bãga în grajd (stall), adãposti într-un grajd. (various references)

Russian		стабильный (stabile, stabilized), устойчивый (immune, lasting, long-standing, persistent, steady, surefooted, sustained, unalterable), конюшня стабильный, прочный (durable, endurable, enduring, fail-safe, fast, firm, indissoluble, reliable, resistant, rugged, serviceable, sound, stout, strong, tenable, tough). (various references)

Scottish		stàbull (a stable), seic (a rack, a skin or hide, hide; enveloping membrane, meal-bag made of rushes, skin, stable rack). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		staja (cote, cow-house, cowshed, stall), stabilan (stabile, steady), ustaljen (fixed), postojan (constant, immovable, immutable, stabile, steadfast, steady, surefooted, unswerving), ergela (haras), štala (byre, stabling, stall). (

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
stable	579	stable picture	9
horse stable	87	toy horse stable	8
stable value funds	48	stable virtual	8
stable training	28	stable equipment	8
fund stable value	28	directory midwest stable	8
horse stable plan	22	stable tachycardia	8
hosting stable web	20	design stable	7
sackatoga stable	19	product stable stalls	7
stable supply	18	door stable	7
mates stable	18	royal stable	7
discount stable supply	15	isotope links stable	6
stable isotope	15	2 master stable	6
stable management	15	horse in stable	6
stable angina	13	building a horse stable	5
plan stable	13	1 ohm stable	5
horse stable design	13	mapping research singularity stable	5
mapping pdf singular stable	12	ct stable	5
stable master	12	fund putnam stable value	5
stable fly	11	dogwood stable	5
stable value	9	family promoting safe stable	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


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