Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
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Origin
Deverbal from stop over.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian прекъсване
- прекъсване (prekăsvane)interruption in a journey
Chinese Mandarin 耽擱 /耽搁, 停留
- 耽擱 /耽搁 (dāngē)interruption in a journey
- 停留 (tíngliú)interruption in a journey
- 中途下車 /中途下车 (zhōngtú xiàchē)interruption in a journey
Danish mellemlanding
- mellemlandinginterruption in a journey
Dutch tussenstop
- tussenstopinterruption in a journey
Finnish pysähdys, välilasku
- pysähdysinterruption in a journey
- välilaskuinterruption in a journey
French étape, escale
- étapeinterruption in a journey
- escaleinterruption in a journey
German Zwischenstopp, Zwischenlandung
- Zwischenstoppinterruption in a journey
- Zwischenlandunginterruption in a journey
- Aufenthaltinterruption in a journey
- Zwischenhaltinterruption in a journey
Hebrew חניית ביניים
- חניית ביניים (hani'at beinayim)interruption in a journey
Hungarian megszakítás, útmegszakítás
- megszakításinterruption in a journey
- útmegszakításinterruption in a journey
- pihenőinterruption in a journey
Icelandic millilending
- millilendinginterruption in a journey
Indonesian singgah inap
- singgah inapinterruption in a journey
Italian scalo
- scalointerruption in a journey
Japanese 途中下車, ストップ
- 途中下車 (tochū gesha)interruption in a journey
- ストップ (sutoppu)interruption in a journey
Norwegian Bokmål mellomlanding
- mellomlandinginterruption in a journey
Polish postój, przesiadka
- postójinterruption in a journey
- przesiadkainterruption in a journey
Portuguese parada
- paradainterruption in a journey
Russian остано́вка в пути́, остано́вка
- остано́вка в пути́ (ostanóvka v putí)interruption in a journey
- остано́вка (ostanóvka)interruption in a journey
- захо́д (zaxód)interruption in a journey
Spanish paraje, escala
- parajeinterruption in a journey
- escalainterruption in a journey
Swedish reseuppehåll, mellanlandning
- reseuppehållinterruption in a journey
- mellanlandninginterruption in a journey
Turkish aktarmalı
- aktarmalıinterruption in a journey
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Cite this entry
APA
stopover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stopover
MLA
“stopover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stopover. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stopover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stopover.
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