English Explanatory Dictionary

stabile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.
name
  1. A surname from Italian.

Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪ.baɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-stabile (second pronunciation).wav /ˈsteɪˌbil/

Word forms

stabile stabiles

Etymology

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.

Antonyms

mobile

Derived words

stabilogram stabilomorph
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