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station

/sˈteɪʃən/STAY-shuhn
/sˈteɪʃən/STAY-shuhn

Meaninga standing still

Common meaning: a standing place

Journey through time

  1. Latinstationemsource
  2. Frenchstation‘a station’source
  3. Middle Englishstationsource
  4. Englishstation‘a standing place’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin stationem ‘a standing still’.

Roots

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