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stabile¹

  • /ˈsteɪ.baɪl/ UK
  • /ˈsteɪˌbil/ US

Where it comes from

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.

noun stabiles

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

Opposite: mobile

Stabile²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Stabile.

proper noun Stabiles

  1. A surname from Italian.

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noun

Opposite: mobile

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MLA

"stabile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stabile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

stabile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stabile

Chicago

"stabile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stabile.

BibTeX
@misc{stabile_2026,
  title = {stabile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stabile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}