stamina

See also: stamină

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæmɪnə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstæmənə/
• Rhymes: -æmənə
• Hyphenation: stam‧i‧na

Etymology 1

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From Latin stāmina, plural of stāmen.

Noun

stamina (usually uncountable, plural staminas)

1. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

   He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that's why he can run for a long time.

Translations

power of sustained exertion

• Afrikaans: stamina (af)
• Assamese: দম (dom)
• Bengali: সহ্যশক্তি (sahyaśakti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耐力 (zh) (nàilì)

• Czech: výdrž f
• Finnish: kestävyys (fi), sisu (fi)
• French: endurance (fr) f, résistance (fr) f
• Galician: resistencia f, aguante m, folgo m, relinca f, azo m
• German: Ausdauer (de) f, Durchhaltevermögen (de) n
• Greek: αντοχή (el) f (antochí)

  Ancient: καρτερία f (kartería)

• Hungarian: kitartás (hu)
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• Italian: vigore (it) m
• Latin: firmitās f
• Maori: manawaroa, manawatiti, manawa piharau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utholdenhet (no) m or f

• Persian: بنیه (fa) (boniye)
• Polish: wytrzymałość (pl) f
• Portuguese: estamina (pt) f
• Russian: вы́держка (ru) f (výderžka), выно́сливость (ru) f (vynóslivostʹ), сто́йкость (ru) f (stójkostʹ), запа́с жи́зненных сил m (zapás žíznennyx sil)
• Serbo-Croatian: stamenost (sh), izdržljivost
• Spanish: resistencia (es) f, aguante (es) m
• Turkish: dayanma gücü, derman (tr), hâl (tr), takat (tr)

Etymology 2

Noun

1. (obsolete) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

Etymology 3

Noun

stamina

1. (rare) plural of stamen
   • 1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.

   • 1832 December 8, Spirit of Discovery, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Number 579, 2005 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     The gay flowers of the hibiscus tiliaceus, as well as the splendid huth or Barringtonia speciosa, covered with its beautiful flowers, the petals of which are white, and the edges of the stamina delicately tinged with pink, give to the trees when in full bloom a magnificent appearance; the hibiscus rosa-chinensis, or kowa of the natives also grows in luxuriance and beauty.

Anagrams

• Mantias, Satnami, amastin, animats, manatis, manitas

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Afrikaans

Noun

stamina (uncountable)

1. stamina

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.mi.na/, [ˈs̠t̪äːmɪnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.mi.na/, [ˈst̪äːminä]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) stāmina

1. nominative plural of stāmen
2. accusative plural of stāmen
3. vocative plural of stāmen

References

• stamina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)