estation

Old French

Alternative forms

• estacion
• estacioun
• stacion
• stacioun
• statiun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin statiō, statiōnem.

Noun

estation oblique singular, f (oblique plural estations, nominative singular estation, nominative plural estations)

1. garrison (permanent military outpost)
2. pause; break (specifically, during a journey)
3. (Christianity) visit to a church (etc.) for prayer

Descendants

• → English: station
• French: station
• → Irish: stáisiún

References

• estation on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Etymology and history of “station”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.