name
Meaning 1
A surname from Italian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
stabile
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.baɪl/
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General-American: /ˈsteɪˌbil/
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CMU ARPABET: S T EY1 B IH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not able or intended to be moved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the immovable hills
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immovable, immoveable, unmovable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 5
a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: mobile
Broader terms: sculpture
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Stabile.
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.