"station" in seven languages
Meaningstation
Spanish
/estaˈθjon/
fem.learned
Also a season of the year.
French
/gaʁ/
fem.other source · from garer 'to moor, put in shelter' (Frankish *warōn 'to take care')
Station is used for the metro: une station de métro.
Italian
/statˈtsjone/
fem.learned
Portuguese
/estaˈsɐ̃w/
fem.learned
Romanian
/ˈgarə/
fem.other source · French gare
A bus or tram stop is a stație, the learned STATIŌNEM word.
Catalan
/əstəsiˈo/
fem.learned
English
/ˈsteɪʃən/
from Latin/French · Old French estacion
The Latin ancestor
STATIŌNEM‘a standing, post, stopping place’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian take the learned -TIŌNEM word (with Spanish e- before s + consonant); French goes to the gare, originally a mooring place on a river.
English relatives: station, stationary, state
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In a sentence
- es¿Dónde está la estación?
- frOù est la gare ?
- itDov'è la stazione?
- ptOnde fica a estação?
- roUnde e gara?
- caOn és l'estació?
- enWhere is the station?