stadium

A2 Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈsteɪ.di.əm/ See IPA manual

Freq #6368

Meanings

1

noun
A large sports ground with rows of seats around it for spectators.

Thousands of fans filled the stadium for the final.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large sports ground with... arena bowl

Word family

Forms stadiastadiums

Derived forms snackadiumstadimeterstadiumfulstadiumlike

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Phrases (1)

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football stadium
a large sports venue used for football matches

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Stadium comes from Greek stadion, meaning “race track.” The stadium was also a Roman measurement equal to one eighth of a Roman mile, and a furlong was used as its equivalent. Stadium in the race-track sense dates from the early 17th century in English, while the expression sports stadium appeared in the mid-19th century.

Etymology

From Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”) (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “a measure of length, a running track”), especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, whence also stand and Latin stare). Doublet of stade, stadion, and estadio. Displaced native Old English spyrd.

stadium Latin στάδιον Ancient Greek *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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Sports & Fitness

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# stadium

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsteɪ.di.əm/
**Frequency rank:** 6368

## Meanings
1. A large sports ground with rows of seats around it for spectators.

## Examples
- Thousands of fans filled the stadium for the final.

## Derived Forms
- snackadium
- stadimeter
- stadiumful
- stadiumlike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: stadium
- Root: στάδιον
- Root: *steh₂-

## Etymology
From Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”) (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “a measure of length, a running track”), especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, whence also stand and Latin stare). Doublet of stade, stadion, and estadio. Displaced native Old English spyrd.

## AI Etymology
Stadium is from Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”) (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “a measure of length, a running track”), especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, whence also stand and Latin stare). Doublet of stade, stadion, and estadio. Displaced native Old English spyrd.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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