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stade

/steɪd/

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Scotland/sted/

stade noun: synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).

Noun (1)

stade (plural stades)

  1. (historical) Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
    Synonyms:
    stadion
  2. (dated) A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
  3. (obsolete) in a journey.
  4. (obsolete) of a disease.
  5. in glaciation during which a secondary advance of the glaciers occurs.

Noun (2)

stade (plural stades)

  1. (historical) A unit of length notionally based on the height of a grown man, equivalent to a fathom.
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of estadio: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m.
    Synonyms:
    estadio

Noun (3)

stade (plural stades)

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

Noun (4)

stade (plural stades)

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

Noun (5)

stade (plural stades)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Stade

Stade (countable and uncountable, plural Stades)

  1. A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany.
  2. A habitational surname from German.

Synonyms of stade

Forms of stade

Noun
pluralstades
Proper noun
pluralStades

Plural of stade: stades

Origin of stade

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

From Spanish estado, from Latin status (“standing”), in reference to it being roughly the height of a grown man. Doublet of estate, state, status, and estado.

From Dutch stad. Doublet of stead.

Questions about stade

What does stade mean?
Stade means synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
What part of speech is stade?
Stade can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce stade?
Stade is pronounced /steɪd/.
What is the plural of stade?
The plural of stade is stades.

Words near stade in the dictionary

  1. staddlestone
  2. Staddlethorpe
  3. staddling
  4. Staddon
  5. Staddons
  6. stade
  7. Stadel
  8. Stadelman
  9. Stadelmans
  10. Stadels
  11. stades

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