noun — 10 senses
/steɪd/ · SC /sted/
Etymology 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.
Historical Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
Dated A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
Etymology 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.
Historical A unit of length notionally based on the height of a grown man, equivalent to a fathom.
Units of measure Obsolete Synonym of estadio: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m.
Etymology From Dutch stad. Doublet of stead.
Etymology From German Stade, a town in Hanover.
Obsolete Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.
Etymology From Old English staed. Cognate with German Gestade (“shore”).
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