instability

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnstəˈbɪlɪti/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˌɪnstəˈbɪləɾi]
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From Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas. Morphologically in- + stability.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: inestabilidá — quality of being unstable
• Azerbaijani: sabitsizlik — quality of being unstable
• Bulgarian: нестабилност (nestabilnost) — quality of being unstable
• Catalan: inestabilitat — quality of being unstable
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩定 /不稳定 (bù wěndìng) — quality of being unstable
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩定性 /不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng) — quality of being unstable
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩固 /不稳固 (bù wěngù) — quality of being unstable
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩固性 /不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng) — quality of being unstable
• Dutch: instabiliteit — quality of being unstable
• Finnish: epävakaus — quality of being unstable
• French: instabilité — quality of being unstable
• Galician: inestabilidade — quality of being unstable
• Georgian: არამდგრადობა (aramdgradoba) — quality of being unstable
• Georgian: არასტაბილურობა (arasṭabiluroba) — quality of being unstable
• German: Instabilität — quality of being unstable
• Ancient Greek: ἀκαταστασία (akatastasía) — quality of being unstable
• Hindi: असंतुलन (asantulan) — quality of being unstable
• Irish: éagobhsaíocht — quality of being unstable
• Italian: instabilità — quality of being unstable
• Italian: dissesto — quality of being unstable
• Latin: instabilitas — quality of being unstable
• Malay: ketidakstabilan — quality of being unstable
• Norwegian Bokmål: ustabilitet — quality of being unstable
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ustabilitet — quality of being unstable
• Persian: ناپایداری (nâpâydâri) — quality of being unstable
• Polish: niestabilność — quality of being unstable
• Portuguese: instabilidade — quality of being unstable
• Russian: нестаби́льность (nestabílʹnostʹ) — quality of being unstable
• Russian: неусто́йчивость (neustójčivostʹ) — quality of being unstable
• Russian: непро́чность (nepróčnostʹ) — quality of being unstable
• Russian: непостоя́нство (nepostojánstvo) — quality of being unstable
• Russian: зы́бкость (zýbkostʹ) — quality of being unstable
• Russian: неуравнове́шенность (neuravnovéšennostʹ) — quality of being unstable
• Spanish: inestabilidad — quality of being unstable
• Tajik: нопойдорӣ (nopoydori) — quality of being unstable
• Turkish: dengesizlik — quality of being unstable
• Ukrainian: нестабі́льність (nestabílʹnistʹ) — quality of being unstable
• Ukrainian: несті́йкість (nestíjkistʹ) — quality of being unstable
• Bulgarian: нестабилност (nestabilnost) — physical state
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩定 /不稳定 (bù wěndìng) — physical state
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩定性 /不稳定性 (bù wěndìng xìng) — physical state
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩固 /不稳固 (bù wěngù) — physical state
• Chinese Mandarin: 不穩固性 /不稳固性 (bù wěngù xìng) — physical state
• Dutch: instabiliteit — physical state
• Finnish: epätasapaino — physical state
• German: Instabilität — physical state
• Ancient Greek: ἀκαταστασία (akatastasía) — physical state
• Malay: ketidakstabilan — physical state
• Russian: неусто́йчивость (neustójčivostʹ) — physical state
• Russian: непро́чность (nepróčnostʹ) — physical state
• Spanish: inestabilidad — physical state
• Turkish: dengesizlik — physical state