How to pronounce “stable”
Say “stable” in 2 beats
stable
/ˈsteɪbəl/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /steɪbəl/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- stabsteɪstress
- lebəl
- IPA (American)
- /ˈsteɪbəl/
- IPA (British)
- /steɪbəl/
- Respelling
- STAY-buhl
- Syllables
- 2 — STAB-le
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: STAB-le. “stab” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb, adjective
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/ˈsteɪbəl/
/steɪbəl/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “stable” means
- noun
a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- verb
shelter in a stable
“stable horses”
- adjective
resistant to change of position or condition
“a stable ladder”
Say it in a sentence
“The old stable now holds bicycles instead of horses.”“stable”, answered
How do you pronounce “stable”?
“stable” is pronounced /ˈsteɪbəl/ (STAY-buhl) in American English and /steɪbəl/ in British English — 2 syllables, stressed on “stab”. Build it as STAB-le, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “stable” have?
2: stab · le. The beat lands on the first, “stab”.
Is “stable” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈsteɪbəl/ (STAY-buhl); British English says /steɪbəl/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “stable” mean?
As a noun: a farm building for housing horses or other livestock For example: “The old stable now holds bicycles instead of horses.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “stable”?
Stress the first syllable: STAB-le. “stab” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
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