stadium (ˈsteɪdɪəm
)
Definitions
noun
- a sports arena with tiered seats for spectators
- (in ancient Greece) a course for races, usually located between two hills providing natural slopes for tiers of seats
- an ancient Greek measure of length equivalent to about 607 feet or 184 metres
- (in many arthropods) the interval between two consecutive moultings
- obsolete a particular period or stage in the development of a disease
Word Origin
C16: via Latin from Greek stadion , changed from spadion a racecourse, from spān to pull; also influenced by Greek stadios steadySynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
arena,
stand,
ground,
field,
track,
bowl,
pitch,
racecourse,
grandstand,
racetrack,
hippodrome,
velodrome,
running track,
Translations
- British English:
stadium
A stadium is a large sports ground with rows of seats all round it....a baseball stadium.ˈsteɪdɪəm NOUN ...a baseball stadium.
- Spanish:
estadio
nm
- French:
stade
nm
- German:
Stadion
nnt Stadien
- Chinese: 体育馆 n
- Arabic: اِسْتَاد n
- Portuguese: estádio nm
- Russian: стадион nm
- Croatian: stadion nm
- Czech: stadion nm
- Danish: stadion nnt
- Dutch: stadion nnt
- Finnish: stadion n
- Greek: στάδιο nnt
- Italian: stadio nm
- Japanese: スタジアム n
- Korean: 경기장 n
- Norwegian: stadium nnt stadier
- Polish: stadion nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: estádio nm
- European Spanish:
estadio
nm
- Swedish: stadion nutr
- Thai: สนามกีฬาที่มีอัฒจันทร์โดยรอบ n
- Turkish: stadyum n stadyumlar
- Vietnamese: sân vận động n
Usage examples
The perfect example, it was said, of the measured need for policemen, was a football stadium.
, A Dead Liberty (1986)Fresh from releasing their new album `The Long Road ', the Canadian stadium rockers will play three theatre dates in the UK.
NME (New Musical Express) (2003)Holders New Zealand are being widely tipped to meet third seeds England in the final at Barcelona's Olympic stadium this day fortnight.
Irish Times (2002)This would leave £56m, which they say would cover the cost of renovating a large football stadium.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Dustmen noisily empty the bins at the corners of the stadium.
, SUNSHINE ON PUTTY: The Golden Age of British Comedy from The Big Night Out to The Office (2004)