"stadium" in seven languages
Meaningstadium
Spanish
estadio
/esˈtadjo/
masc.learned
French
stade
/stad/
masc.learned
Italian
stadio
/ˈstadjo/
masc.learned
lo stadio
Portuguese
estádio
/isˈtadʒju/
masc.learned
Romanian
stadion
/stadiˈon/
neut.borrowed · German Stadion (and Russian stadion)
Catalan
estadi
/əsˈtadi/
masc.learned
English
stadium
/ˈsteɪdiəm/
from Latin/French · Latin stadium
English → ItalianstadiumstadioCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
STADIUM (Greek stádion)‘a racecourse; a measure of length’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Greek stádion was a set length of running track, then the track itself. Spanish props up the initial s with an e, as always; the word also means 'stage, phase' in all three sisters.
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In a sentence
- esEl estadio estaba lleno.
- frLe stade était plein.
- itLo stadio era pieno.
- ptO estádio estava lotado.
- roStadionul era plin.
- caL'estadi era ple.
- enThe stadium was full.