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stabile

/ˈsteɪˌbil/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
sta-bile
IPA
/ˈsteɪˌbil/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.

name

A surname from Italian.

Etymology

Coined by German-French artist Jean Arp in 1932 from Latin stabilis (“firmly fixed or established”) to describe the stationary works of Alexander Calder as opposed to his better known mobiles.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsteɪˌbil/
  • British English: /ˈsteɪ.baɪl/

Inflected Forms

stabiles (plural)

Derived Forms

stabilogram stabilomorph

Synonyms

immovable immoveable unmovable

Antonyms

mobile

Questions

How do you pronounce stabile?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsteɪˌbil/.
What does stabile mean?
abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.
Where does stabile come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce stabile

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