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stadium
English
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 ??????? (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 ??????? (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-, whence also stand).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ste?.di.?m/
- Hyphenation: sta?di?um
Noun
stadium (plural stadiums or stadia)
- A venue where sporting events are held.
- An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
- (now historical) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements, equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet, 9 inches.
- , II.ii.3:
- 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 […].
- , II.ii.3:
- A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
- (surveying) 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.
- (biology) A life stage of an organism.
Usage notes
- The alternative plural stadia is occasionally used, chiefly in high-register contexts.
Synonyms
- (venue where sporting events are held): arena
- (Greek unit of length): Olympic stadium
- (graduated rod in surveying): stadia, stadia rod
Derived terms
- stadia rod
- stadia wire
Translations
References
- stadium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Czech
Alternative forms
- stádium
Noun
stadium n
- stage, phase
See also
- fáze f
Further reading
- stadium in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- stadium in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
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 ??????? (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 ??????? (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-, whence also stand).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sta?di?um
Noun
stadium n (plural stadiums or stadia, diminutive stadiumpje n)
- A stadium.
- A stage; a phase.
Usage notes
- Stadium is a learned term used in certain proper nouns such as Yankee Stadium. The standard Dutch term is stadion.
Related terms
- stadion
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ??????? (stádion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sta.di.um/, [?s?t?äd?i???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sta.di.um/, [?st???d?ium]
Noun
stadium n (genitive stadi? or stad?); second declension
- stade (distance of 125 paces)
- racecourse (athletics)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (measure of distance): stadi? (plurale tantum)
Derived terms
- stadi?lis
- stadi?tus
Related terms
- stadiodromos
References
- stadium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stadium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stadium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- stadium in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[2]
- stadium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stadium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Malay
Etymology
From English stadium, from Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (stádion), from ??????? (stádios), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /stadiom/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /stadi?m/
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Noun
stadium
- stadium (venue where sporting events are held)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (stádion), via Latin stadium
Noun
stadium n (definite singular stadiet, indefinite plural stadier, definite plural stadia or stadiene)
- a stage (of a process or development)
See also
- stadion
References
- “stadium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (stádion), via Latin stadium
Noun
stadium n (definite singular stadiet, indefinite plural stadium, definite plural stadia)
- a stage (of a process or development)
See also
- stadion
References
- “stadium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek ???????? (stádion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stad.jum/
Noun
stadium n
- stage, phase
Declension
Synonyms
- faza
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hippodrome
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (hippódromos), from ????? (híppos, “horse”) + ?????? (drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- +? -drome.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?p??d???m/
Noun
hippodrome (plural hippodromes)
- A horse racing course.
- (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
- (archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.
Translations
Verb
hippodrome (third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)
- (US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
See also
- Hippodrome (disambiguation) on the English Wikipedia. English Wikipedia
- hippo-
- -drome
French
Etymology
From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (hippódromos), from ????? (híppos, “horse”) + ?????? (drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- +? -drome.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.p?.d??m/, /i.p?.d?om/
Noun
hippodrome m (plural hippodromes)
- a hippodrome, racecourse, a circuit for equestrian sport
Descendants
- ? Turkish: hipodrom
See also
- hippo-
- -drome
Further reading
- “hippodrome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
hippodrome
- vocative singular of hippodromos
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