instable
French, adjective/ɛ̃s.tabl/
instable is spelled I-N-S-T-A-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instable is a French adjective meaning “unstable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui manque de stabilité”.
What does instable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unstable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui manque de stabilité. 2. Qualifie un équilibre qui se détruit au moindre déplacement. 3. Qui n'est pas régulier, qui varie. 4. Qui se défait aisément.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of instable
- instables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instable?
- /ɛ̃s.tabl/
- \ɛ̃s.tabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instable in French?
instable appears 5.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).