stable

English

/ˈsteɪ.bəɫ/

noun
Definitions
  • A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
  • (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
  • (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
  • (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
  • A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stable (stable gl) derived from Old French estable derived from Latin stabulum (dwelling, stall, stable, stand, habitation) root from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

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