stade

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade.

Noun

stade (plural stades)

  1. (historical units of measure, dated) Synonym of stadion: a former Greek unit of distance (variously 150–210 m at different places and times).
  2. (dated) A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
  3. A stage of progress
    1. (obsolete) in a journey.
    2. (medicine, obsolete) of a disease.
    3. (geology) in glaciation during which a secondary advance of the glaciers occurs.

Etymology 2

From Spanish estado, from Latin status (standing).

Noun

stade (plural stades)

  1. (units of measure, obsolete) Synonym of fathom.

Etymology 3

From Dutch stad

Noun

stade (plural stades)

  1. (rare, obsolete) A chief town in an area or country.

Etymology 4

From German Stade, a town in Hanover.

Noun

stade (plural stades)

  1. (obsolete) Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.

Etymology 5

From Old English staed. Cognate with German Gestade (shore).

Noun

stade (plural stades)

  1. (nautical, obsolete) A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.
Related terms

References

  • "stade, n.1", "n.2", "n.3", & "n.4", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • "stade" in William Henry Smith's 1867 The Sailor's Word-Book.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

stade

  1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) Dative singular form of stad

French

Etymology

From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), neuter form of στάδιος (stádios, stable, firm), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to be standing).

Pronunciation

Noun

stade m (plural stades)

  1. (historical) stadium (Ancient Greek unit of measurement)
  2. stadium (Greek race course)
  3. stadium (sports arena)
  4. (medicine) stage
    un stade avancé d’une maladiean advanced stage of an illness
  5. stage (phase)

Further reading

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Gothic

Romanization

stade

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌴

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stade

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of standa