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• /ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 N S T EY1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English unstable; equivalent to un- (not) + stable.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English stable English unstable From un- (reversive prefix) + stable.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: inestable — not stable
• Azerbaijani: sabitsiz — not stable
• Bulgarian: нестабилен (nestabilen) — not stable
• Catalan: inestable — not stable
• Dutch: instabiel — not stable
• Esperanto: nestabila — not stable
• Finnish: epävakaa — not stable
• French: instable — not stable
• Galician: inestable — not stable
• Galician: inestábel — not stable
• Georgian: არამყარი (aramq̇ari) — not stable
• Georgian: ცვალებადი (cvalebadi) — not stable
• Georgian: არასტაბილური (arasṭabiluri) — not stable
• German: instabil — not stable
• German: labil — not stable
• Greek: ασταθής (astathís) — not stable
• Ancient Greek: ἀσταθής (astathḗs) — not stable
• Ancient Greek: ἀστάθμητος (astáthmētos) — not stable
• Hindi: अस्थिर (asthir) — not stable
• Hungarian: instabil — not stable
• Hungarian: ingatag — not stable
• Indonesian: labil — not stable
• Italian: instabile — not stable
• Japanese: 不安定 (fuantei) — not stable
• Kazakh: аумалы (aumaly) — not stable
• Ladino: instavle — not stable
• Latin: instābilis — not stable
• Māori: takahuirangi — not stable
• Māori: whakaroiroi — not stable
• Māori: koritaka — not stable
• Persian: ناپایدار (nâpâydâr) — not stable
• Polish: niestabilny — not stable
• Polish: niestały — not stable
• Portuguese: instável — not stable
• Romanian: instabil — not stable
• Romanian: inconstant — not stable
• Romanian: variabil — not stable
• Russian: неусто́йчивый (neustójčivyj) — not stable
• Spanish: inestable — not stable
• Swedish: instabil — not stable
• Tajik: нопойдор (nopoydor) — not stable
• French: instable — readily decomposed or decomposable
• Italian: instabile — readily decomposed or decomposable
• Northern Kurdish: xwenegir — readily decomposed or decomposable
• Portuguese: instável — readily decomposed or decomposable
• Spanish: inestable — readily decomposed or decomposable
• Spanish: instable — readily decomposed or decomposable