Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 55041 6903793 2009-06-29T09:13:01Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:es:station]] ==English== {{wikipedia|dab=station}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|estacioun|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|xno}} {{term|estation||lang=xno}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|stationem|lang=la}}, accusative of {{term|statio||lang=la|standing", "post", "job", "position"}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|en-us-station.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|eɪʃǝn}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A stopping place # A regular stopping place for ground transportation. #: ''The next '''station''' is Esperanza.'' # A ground transportation depot. #: ''It's right across from the bus '''station'''.'' # One of the [[Stations of the Cross]]. # A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. #: ''From my '''station''' at the front door, I greeted every visitor.'' #: ''All ships are on '''station''', Admiral.'' # A place where one performs a tasks or where one is on call to perform a task. #: ''The waitress was at her '''station''' preparing three checks.'' # Standing; rank; position. #: ''She had ambitions beyond her '''station'''.'' # A military base. #: ''She had a boyfriend at the '''station'''.'' # A place used for [[broadcast]]ing radio or television. #: ''I used to work at a radio '''station'''.'' # A broadcasting entity. #: ''I used to listen to that radio '''station'''.'' # {{Australia|N}} A very large [[sheep]] or [[cattle]] farm #: ''There was movement at the '''station''', for the word had passed around, that the colt from old Regret had got away'' (A. B. Patterson, poet) # {{Newfoundland}} A [[harbour]] or [[cove]] with a [[foreshore]] suitable for a facility to support nearby [[fishing]]. # {{surveying}} Any of a [[sequence]] of [[equally]] spaced points along a [[path]]. ====Usage notes==== In British English, the preposition one uses with [[station]] is “on”, as in “in the train or on the station” (a frequent usage on rail lines, 2008), presumably in the sense of “on the station [platform]”. In American English, one uses “in” as in “in the station”. ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|broadcasting entity}} {{qualifier|that broadcasts television}} [[channel]] * {{sense|military base}} [[base]], [[military base]] * {{sense|large sheep or cattle farm}} [[farm]], [[ranch]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|Terms derived from ''station'' (noun)}} * [[base station]] * [[battle station]] * [[broadcast station]], [[broadcast-station]] * [[bus station]] * [[cattle station]] * [[coach station]] * [[docking station]] * [[filling station]] * [[fire station]] * [[fuel station]] * [[fueling station]], [[fuelling station]] * [[gas station]] * [[guard station]] * [[hill station]] * [[hydrogen station]] * [[listening station]] * [[metro station]] * [[mobile station]], [[mobile-station]] * [[motor station]] * [[outstation]] * [[petrol filling station]] * [[petrol station]] * [[PlayStation]], [[Playstation]] * [[police station]] * [[polling station]] * [[power station]] * [[pull station]] * [[radar station]] * [[radio station]], [[radio-station]] * [[railroad station]] {{rel-mid}} * [[railway station]] * [[relay station]] * [[service station]] * [[sheep station]] * [[space station]], [[spacestation]], [[space-station]] * [[substation]] * [[subway station]] * [[state]] * [[stationary]] * [[station bill]] * [[station break]] * [[station hand]] * [[stationmaster]] * [[station sedan]] * [[Stations of the Cross]] * [[station throat]] * [[station wagon]], [[station-wagon]] * [[stationward]] * [[substation]] * [[subway station]] * [[television station]], [[television-station]], [[TV station]] * [[total station]] * [[train station]] * [[Tube station]] * [[underground station]] * [[urination station]] * [[voting station]] * [[way station]], [[waystation]] * [[weigh station]] * [[work station]], [[workstation]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|place where a vehicle may stop}} * {{trreq|Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[محطة]]}} (muħáṭṭa) {{f}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|կայարան|tr=kayaran|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * {{trreq|Basque}} * {{trreq|Catalan}} * Chinese: [[站]] (zhàn) * {{trreq|Croatian}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|nádraží|n}} * {{trreq|Danish}} * Dutch: {{t+|pl|station}} * Esperanto: {{t|eo|stacio}} * {{trreq|Estonian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|asema}} * French: {{t+|fr|gare|f}}, {{t+|fr|station|f}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|სადგური|tr=sadguri|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Bahnhof|m}}, {{t|de|Station|f}} * {{trreq|Greek}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|תחנה|f|tr=taḥana|sc=Hebr}} * {{trreq|Hindi}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|állomás}} * Italian: {{t+|it|stazione|f}} * Japanese: [[駅]] (えき, eki) {{trans-mid}} * [[Khmer]]: {{Khmr|[[ស្ថានីយ]]}} (stānī) * Korean: [[정거장]] (jeonggeojang) * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[ئێستگه‌]]}} * {{trreq|Lao}} * {{trreq|Latvian}} * {{trreq|Lithuanian}} * {{trreq|Maltese}} * {{trreq|Mongolian}} * {{trreq|Persian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|dworzec|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estação|f}} * {{trreq|Romanian}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|станция|f|tr=stántsija|sc=Cyrl}} * {{trreq|Slovak}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|postaja|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|estación|f}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kituo}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|station}} * Thai: {{Thai|[[สถานี]]}} (sàtăanee) * {{trreq|Turkish}} * {{trreq|Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gorsaf|xs=Welsh}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|place where one stands or stays}} * Japanese: [[部署]] (ぶしょ, busho) {{trans-mid}} * Persian: {{t|fa|توقف گاه|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kituo}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|military base}} * Japanese: [[駐屯]][[地]] (ちゅうとんち, chūtonchi) {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|place used for broadcasting}} * Japanese: [[放送]][[局]] (ほうそうきょく, hōsōkyoku) {{trans-mid}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[ئێستگه‌]]}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kituo}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|broadcasting entity}} * French: {{t+|fr|chaîne|f}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|תחנה|f|tr=taḥana|sc=Hebr}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|canale|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|postaja|f}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kituo}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|Australia: very large livestock farm|[[ranch]]}} ====References==== * {{R:Canadian Oxford 2004}} (Newfoundland station) ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} {{transitive}} # To put in place to perform a task. #: ''The host '''stationed''' me at the front door to greet visitors.'' # To put in place to perform military duty. #: ''They '''stationed''' me overseas just as fighting broke out.'' [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==French== ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|f}} # [[#English|station]] [[ar:station]] [[et:station]] [[el:station]] [[es:station]] [[fr:station]] [[ko:station]] [[hy:station]] [[io:station]] [[id:station]] [[it:station]] [[kk:station]] [[sw:station]] [[ku:station]] [[lo:station]] [[hu:station]] [[nl:station]] [[ja:station]] [[no:station]] [[pl:station]] [[pt:station]] [[ru:station]] [[simple:station]] [[fi:station]] [[sv:station]] [[ta:station]] [[te:station]] [[th:station]] [[tr:station]] [[vi:station]] [[zh:station]]