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stadium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsteɪ.di.əm/

Etymology

From Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”) (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “a measure of length, a running track”), especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, whence also stand and Latin stare). Doublet of stade, stadion, and estadio. Displaced native Old English spyrd.

Meanings

1. A venue where sporting events are held.
   • In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate. 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times:
   • He is going for a cricket match at the stadium.
2. An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
3. (historical) Synonym of stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m.
   • Dionysiodorus[…]sent a letter ad superos after he was dead, from the centre of the earth, to signify what distance the same centre was from the superficies of the same, viz. 42,000 stadiums […]. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 3, page 245:
4. A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
5. A graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
6. A life stage of an organism.

Forms

Deriveds

stadium horn · stadia rod · stadium trumpet · stadiumful · stadimeter · stadium mustard · stadium rock · stadiumlike · stadia wire · stadium sailing · snackadium · all-seater stadium

Synonyms

stadia (graduated rod in surveying) · stadion · arena (venue where sporting events are held) · stadia rod (graduated rod in surveying) · stadion

Translations (115)

yi סטאַדיע (venue where sporting events are held) · arz استاد (venue where sporting events are held) · sk štadión (venue where sporting events are held) · tet estádiun (venue where sporting events are held) · tg варзишгоҳ (venue where sporting events are held) · de Stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · sq stadium (venue where sporting events are held) · acw مَلْعَب (venue where sporting events are held) · mn цэнгэлдэх хүрээлэн (venue where sporting events are held) · af stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · eo stadiono (venue where sporting events are held) · tg майдон (venue where sporting events are held) · eo pilkejo (venue where sporting events are held) · da stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · et staadion (venue where sporting events are held) · nb stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · is leikvangur (venue where sporting events are held) · tr stat (venue where sporting events are held) · cy stadiwm (venue where sporting events are held) · be стадыён (venue where sporting events are held) · tg стадион (venue where sporting events are held) · mt stadju (venue where sporting events are held) · id GOR (venue where sporting events are held) · cmn 體育場 /体育场 (venue where sporting events are held) · tl estadyo (venue where sporting events are held) · kmr stad (venue where sporting events are held) · el στάδιο (venue where sporting events are held) · tt стадион (venue where sporting events are held) · nn stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · ga staid (venue where sporting events are held) · arz ستاد (venue where sporting events are held) · he אִצְטַדְיוֹן (venue where sporting events are held) · bn স্টেডিয়াম (venue where sporting events are held) · io stadio (venue where sporting events are held) · mn ᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠳᠢᠶᠣᠨ (venue where sporting events are held) · az stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · el στάδιο (race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races) · mi whare hākinakina (venue where sporting events are held) · xal цеңглң (venue where sporting events are held) · fa-ira اِسْتادْیوم (venue where sporting events are held) · bg стадио́н (venue where sporting events are held) · kk стадион (venue where sporting events are held) · ja スタジアム (venue where sporting events are held) · ast estadiu (venue where sporting events are held) · th สนามกีฬา (venue where sporting events are held) · ga staidiam (venue where sporting events are held) · nv biiʼndaʼaʼnéhé (venue where sporting events are held) · hy ստադիոն (venue where sporting events are held) · hy մարզադաշտ (venue where sporting events are held) · bg ла́та (graduated rod in surveying) · fi stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · id istora (venue where sporting events are held) · ja 競技場 (venue where sporting events are held) · el σταδία (graduated rod in surveying) · el σταδιόμετρο (telemeter) · kmr stadyûm (venue where sporting events are held) · pt estádio (venue where sporting events are held) · hi स्टेडियम (venue where sporting events are held) · fa-ira وَرْزِشْگاه (venue where sporting events are held) · acw ستاد (venue where sporting events are held) · br stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · fy stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · cy campfa (venue where sporting events are held) · yi סטאַדיאָן (venue where sporting events are held) · pl arena (venue where sporting events are held) · fr stade (venue where sporting events are held) · ps ستديوم (venue where sporting events are held) · pl stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · sv stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · ar إِسْتَاد (venue where sporting events are held) · ti እስታዲዮም (venue where sporting events are held) · lo ສະໜາມກິລາ (venue where sporting events are held) · ru риста́лище (venue where sporting events are held) · mn ᠴᠡᠩᠭᠡᠯᠳᠦᠬᠦ ᠬᠦᠷᠢᠶᠡᠯᠡᠩ (venue where sporting events are held) · tr stadyum (venue where sporting events are held) · id stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · sh stȁdiōn (venue where sporting events are held) · mn стадион (venue where sporting events are held) · my စတေဒီယံ (venue where sporting events are held) · ur اِسْٹیڈِیَم (venue where sporting events are held) · acw إستاد (venue where sporting events are held) · es estadio (venue where sporting events are held) · lv stadions (venue where sporting events are held) · mk стадион (venue where sporting events are held) · bar Stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · my အားကစားကွင်း (venue where sporting events are held) · nl stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · ar مَلْعَب (venue where sporting events are held) · uz stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · tk stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · ka სტადიონი (venue where sporting events are held) · ug تەنتەربىيە مەيدانى (venue where sporting events are held) · lo ເດີ່ນກິລາ (venue where sporting events are held) · cs stadión (venue where sporting events are held) · ko 경기장 (venue where sporting events are held) · hu stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · nl stadion (race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races) · th สเตเดียม (venue where sporting events are held) · ms stadium (venue where sporting events are held) · sl stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · km កីឡាដ្ឋាន (venue where sporting events are held) · uk стадіо́н (venue where sporting events are held) · sh ста̏дио̄н (venue where sporting events are held) · ky стадион (venue where sporting events are held) · ca estadi (venue where sporting events are held) · ro stadion (venue where sporting events are held) · it stadio (venue where sporting events are held) · ps سټېډيوم (venue where sporting events are held) · br sportva (venue where sporting events are held) · vi sân vận động (venue where sporting events are held) · co stadiu (venue where sporting events are held) · ru стадио́н (venue where sporting events are held) · lt stadionas (venue where sporting events are held) · am ስታዲየም (venue where sporting events are held) · ko 스타디움 (venue where sporting events are held)