Meanings
plural stadiums · plural stadia
- A venue where sporting events are held.
He is going for a cricket match at the stadium.
1 more example
In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate.
2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York TimesSynonyms: arena
- An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
Synonyms: stadion
- historicalSynonym of stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m.
Dionysiodorus[…]sent a letter ad superos after he was dead, from the centre of the earth, to signify what distance the same centre was from the superficies of the same, viz. 42,000 stadiums […].
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 3, page 245Synonyms: stadion
- A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
- geographyA graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
Synonyms: stadia, stadia rod
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA venue where sporting events are held.
nounAn Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
nounSynonym of stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m.
nounA graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Ancient Greekστάδιον“a measure of length, a running track”
- Latinstadium“a measure of length, a race course”
- Englishstadium
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.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Arabic مَلْعَب, إِسْتَاد
- مَلْعَب (malʕab)venue where sporting events are held
- إِسْتَاد (ʔistād)venue where sporting events are held
Bengali স্টেডিয়াম
- স্টেডিয়াম (sṭeḍiẏam)venue where sporting events are held
Bulgarian стадио́н, ла́та
- стадио́н (stadión)venue where sporting events are held
- ла́та (láta)graduated rod in surveying
Catalan estadi
- estadivenue where sporting events are held
Chinese Mandarin 體育場 /体育场
- 體育場 /体育场 (tǐyùchǎng)venue where sporting events are held
Czech stadión
- stadiónvenue where sporting events are held
Danish stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Dutch stadion, stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
- stadionrace course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races
Esperanto stadiono, pilkejo
- stadionovenue where sporting events are held
- pilkejovenue where sporting events are held
Estonian staadion
- staadionvenue where sporting events are held
Finnish stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
French stade
- stadevenue where sporting events are held
German Stadion
- Stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Greek στάδιο, στάδιο
- στάδιο (stádio)venue where sporting events are held
- στάδιο (stádio)race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races
- σταδιόμετρο (stadiómetro)telemeter
- σταδία (stadía)graduated rod in surveying
Hebrew אִצְטַדְיוֹן
- אִצְטַדְיוֹן (itstadyón)venue where sporting events are held
Hindi स्टेडियम
- स्टेडियम (sṭeḍiyam)venue where sporting events are held
Hungarian stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Icelandic leikvangur
- leikvangurvenue where sporting events are held
Indonesian GOR, istora
- GORvenue where sporting events are held
- istoravenue where sporting events are held
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Irish staid, staidiam
- staidvenue where sporting events are held
- staidiamvenue where sporting events are held
Italian stadio
- stadiovenue where sporting events are held
Japanese スタジアム, 競技場
- スタジアム (sutajiamu)venue where sporting events are held
- 競技場 (kyōgijō)venue where sporting events are held
Korean 경기장, 스타디움
- 경기장 (gyeonggijang)venue where sporting events are held
- 스타디움 (seutadium)venue where sporting events are held
Latvian stadions
- stadionsvenue where sporting events are held
Lithuanian stadionas
- stadionasvenue where sporting events are held
Malay stadium
- stadiumvenue where sporting events are held
Māori whare hākinakina
- whare hākinakinavenue where sporting events are held
Norwegian Bokmål stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Polish stadion, arena
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
- arenavenue where sporting events are held
Portuguese estádio
- estádiovenue where sporting events are held
Romanian stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Russian стадио́н, риста́лище
- стадио́н (stadión)venue where sporting events are held
- риста́лище (ristálišče)venue where sporting events are held
Slovak štadión
- štadiónvenue where sporting events are held
Spanish estadio
- estadiovenue where sporting events are held
Swedish stadion
- stadionvenue where sporting events are held
Tagalog estadyo
- estadyovenue where sporting events are held
Thai สนามกีฬา, สเตเดียม
- สนามกีฬา (sà-nǎam-gii-laa)venue where sporting events are held
- สเตเดียม (sà-dtēe-diâm)venue where sporting events are held
Turkish stadyum, stat
- stadyumvenue where sporting events are held
- statvenue where sporting events are held
Ukrainian стадіо́н
- стадіо́н (stadión)venue where sporting events are held
Urdu اِسْٹیڈِیَم
- اِسْٹیڈِیَم (isṭeḍiyam)venue where sporting events are held
Vietnamese sân vận động
- sân vận độngvenue where sporting events are held
Welsh stadiwm, campfa
- stadiwmvenue where sporting events are held
- campfavenue where sporting events are held
Yiddish סטאַדיע, סטאַדיאָן
- סטאַדיע (stadye)venue where sporting events are held
- סטאַדיאָן (stadyon)venue where sporting events are held
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Cite this entry
stadium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stadium
“stadium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stadium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stadium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stadium.
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