stade

Meanings

Plural: stades

Noun

Synonym of stadion: a former Greek unit of distance (variously 150–210 m at different places and times).
A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
A stage of progress
in a journey.
A stage of progress
of a disease.
A stage of progress
in glaciation during which a secondary advance of the glaciers occurs.
A unit of length notionally based on the height of a grown man, equivalent to a fathom.
Synonym of estadio: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m.
A chief town in an area or country.
Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.
A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

estadio, stadion

Scrabble Score: 6

stade is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stade is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stade is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

stade is a valid Words With Friends word