# stadion
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion). Doublet of stade, stadium, and estadio.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

stadion (plural stadia or stadions)
* (historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.
    Synonyms: (historical) furlong, stade, stadium
    Hyponym: Olympic stadion
    Coordinate terms: (1/600 stadion) Greek foot, (1/125 stadion) passus, (1/6 stadion) plethron
** 1883: Franz von Reber (translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke), History of ancient art, p257 (S. Low…)
    The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.
** 1993: David Gilman Romano, Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadion, page 1 (Diane Publishing Co.; →ISBN (10), →ISBN (13))
    The stadion was used specifically for human athletic contests whereas the Greek hippodrome and later the Roman circus were used for equestrian events. The gymnasion and the palaistra were used for training purposes for human athletic events.
** 2001, Edward Seldon Sears, Running Through the Ages, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 26:Stadion Race (200 meters) […]  The winner of the Stadion race could justifiably be called the fastest man in the Greek world. According to legend, Herakles, whose feet were 0·32 meters (12·7 inches) long, stepped-off the Stadion at Olympia. Since he chose a distance of 600 “feet”, this made the race at Olympia 192 meters. Herakles staged a race for his brothers, the Kouretes, and crowned the victor with a branch of wild olive. Although the Greek Stadion race was always 600 feet, other Greek gods had “feet” of different lengths. This caused the length of the Stadion race to vary slightly from stadium to stadium. This list of Olympic victors compiled by Hippias in about 400 B.C. lists the Stadion race as the only event in the first 13 Olympic games. Coreobus of Elis, a cook, was the victor in the Stadion race in 776 B.C. and thus the first recorded Olympic victor.
** 2011, Ali Kemal Senan, Phaselis, →ISBN, page 510:Major Lacius, together with his soldiers, met the group in a place about two stadions from the court.
* Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).
** 1882, Franz von Reber, translated by Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], pages 17–18:The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war. In such early ages, any goal chosen in the plain was sufficient, like the oak-trunk mentioned by Homer; but it could not have been long before the need was manifest of a sloping stand for the spectators and an enclosure for the contestants, and thus the hippodrome, the race-course, was developed similarly to the smaller stadion.
** 1896, Duffield Osborne, “A Day at Olympia”, in Scribner’s Magazine, volume XIX, number 50, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons; London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Limited, page 436, column 1:[…] to my mind, that honor which a man attains by the wealth that allows him to buy the speediest horses and hire the most skilful drivers, compares poorly with the honor he wins who descends naked into the stadion and conquers by the strength of his muscles, the cunning of his brain, and the courage of his heart.
** 1927, Matlack Price, The ABC of Architecture, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 131:Nor can we think of these buildings as minor architectural incidents when we learn that the stadion at Athens seated between forty and fifty thousand people.
** 1993, Per Bilde, editor, Centre and Periphery in the Hellenistic World, Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN, page 98:In the Hellenistic period, the town-centres in the southern part of Illyria were further hellenized and, like Byllis (southern Albania), equipped with public buildings such as temples, stadions and theatres, in addition to agoras, peristyles, etc. (Ceka 1985a).
** 2023, Dean Peeters, Shaping Regionality in Socio-Economic Systems: Late Hellenistic – Late Roman Ceramic Production, Circulation, and Consumption in Boeotia, Central Greece (c. 150 BC–AD 700) (Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery; 18), Oxford, Oxon: Archaeopress, →ISBN, pages 58–59:In addition, only a small number of cities (and almost no small cities) present evidence for the repair or adaptation of public buildings (i.e. agorai, theatres, odeia, stadions, aqueducts, and baths) during the Early Roman Imperial period.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* adonist, dations

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian стадион (stadion).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on

### Noun

stadion
* stadium (venue where sporting events are held)

#### Declension
### References

* “stadion”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* stadión m

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈstadɪjon]

### Noun

stadion m inan
* stadium (venue where sporting events are held)

#### Declension
## Danish
### Noun

stadion n (definite singular stadionet, indefinite plural stadioner / stadions, definite plural stadionerne)
* a stadium (sporting venue)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), from στάδιος (stádios), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on

### Noun

stadion n (plural stadions, diminutive stadionnetje n)
* (sports) stadium, arena

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: stadion

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɑdion/, [ˈs̠tɑ̝dio̞n]
* Rhymes: -ɑdion
* Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on

### Noun

stadion
* (sports) stadium
* stadion (unit of measure)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of stadion (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stadionini
stadionini
accusative
nom.
stadionini
stadionini
gen.
stadionini
genitive
stadionini
stadionieni stadioneideni stadioneitteni
partitive
stadioniani
stadioneitani stadionejani
inessive
stadionissani
stadioneissani
elative
stadionistani
stadioneistani
illative
stadioniini
stadioneihini
adessive
stadionillani
stadioneillani
ablative
stadioniltani
stadioneiltani
allative
stadionilleni
stadioneilleni
essive
stadioninani
stadioneinani
translative
stadionikseni
stadioneikseni
abessive
stadionittani
stadioneittani
instructive
comitative
—stadioneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stadionisi
stadionisi
accusative
nom.
stadionisi
stadionisi
gen.
stadionisi
genitive
stadionisi
stadioniesi stadioneidesi stadioneittesi
partitive
stadioniasi
stadioneitasi stadionejasi
inessive
stadionissasi
stadioneissasi
elative
stadionistasi
stadioneistasi
illative
stadioniisi
stadioneihisi
adessive
stadionillasi
stadioneillasi
ablative
stadioniltasi
stadioneiltasi
allative
stadionillesi
stadioneillesi
essive
stadioninasi
stadioneinasi
translative
stadioniksesi
stadioneiksesi
abessive
stadionittasi
stadioneittasi
instructive
comitative
—stadioneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stadionimme
stadionimme
accusative
nom.
stadionimme
stadionimme
gen.
stadionimme
genitive
stadionimme
stadioniemme stadioneidemme stadioneittemme
partitive
stadioniamme
stadioneitamme stadionejamme
inessive
stadionissamme
stadioneissamme
elative
stadionistamme
stadioneistamme
illative
stadioniimme
stadioneihimme
adessive
stadionillamme
stadioneillamme
ablative
stadioniltamme
stadioneiltamme
allative
stadionillemme
stadioneillemme
essive
stadioninamme
stadioneinamme
translative
stadioniksemme
stadioneiksemme
abessive
stadionittamme
stadioneittamme
instructive
comitative
—stadioneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stadioninne
stadioninne
accusative
nom.
stadioninne
stadioninne
gen.
stadioninne
genitive
stadioninne
stadionienne stadioneidenne stadioneittenne
partitive
stadionianne
stadioneitanne stadionejanne
inessive
stadionissanne
stadioneissanne
elative
stadionistanne
stadioneistanne
illative
stadioniinne
stadioneihinne
adessive
stadionillanne
stadioneillanne
ablative
stadioniltanne
stadioneiltanne
allative
stadionillenne
stadioneillenne
essive
stadioninanne
stadioneinanne
translative
stadioniksenne
stadioneiksenne
abessive
stadionittanne
stadioneittanne
instructive
comitative
—stadioneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
stadioninsa
stadioninsa
accusative
nom.
stadioninsa
stadioninsa
gen.
stadioninsa
genitive
stadioninsa
stadioniensa stadioneidensa stadioneittensa
partitive
stadioniaan stadioniansa
stadioneitaan stadionejaan stadioneitansa stadionejansa
inessive
stadionissaan stadionissansa
stadioneissaan stadioneissansa
elative
stadionistaan stadionistansa
stadioneistaan stadioneistansa
illative
stadioniinsa
stadioneihinsa
adessive
stadionillaan stadionillansa
stadioneillaan stadioneillansa
ablative
stadioniltaan stadioniltansa
stadioneiltaan stadioneiltansa
allative
stadionilleen stadionillensa
stadioneilleen stadioneillensa
essive
stadioninaan stadioninansa
stadioneinaan stadioneinansa
translative
stadionikseen stadioniksensa
stadioneikseen stadioneiksensa
abessive
stadionittaan stadionittansa
stadioneittaan stadioneittansa
instructive
comitative
—stadioneineen stadioneinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (sports stadium): kilpola (rare, dated)

#### Derived terms

* hiihtostadion
* jalkapallostadion
* jäästadion
* moottoristadion
* olympiastadion
* pyöräilystadion
* soutustadion
* stadionyleisö
* uimastadion
* yleisurheilustadion

### Further reading

* “stadion”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* sidonta, sidotan

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Stadion (“stadium”), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃtɒdijon]
* Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

stadion (plural stadionok)
* stadium (venue where sporting events are held)

#### Derived terms

* labdarúgó-stadion

### References

* ↑ stadion in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* stadion in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch stadion, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), from στάδιος (stádios), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of stadium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /staˈdiɔn/
* Hyphenation: sta‧di‧on
* Rhymes: -ɔn, -n

### Noun

stadion (plural stadion-stadion)
* (sports) stadium: a venue where sporting events are held
    Synonym: arena

#### Synonyms

* stadium (Standard Malay)

### Further reading

* “stadion” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion). Doublet of stadium.

### Noun

stadion m or n (definite singular stadionen m or stadionet n, indefinite plural stadioner, definite plural stadionene)
* a stadium (sporting venue)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion). Doublet of stadium.

### Noun

stadion m (definite singular stadionen, indefinite plural stadionar, definite plural stadionane) stadion n (definite singular stadionet, indefinite plural stadion, definite plural stadiona)
* a stadium (sporting venue)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐον (stắdĭon). Doublet of stadium (“stage, phase”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsta.djɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adjɔn
* Syllabification: sta‧dion

### Noun

stadion m inan
* (sports) stadium
    Synonym: arena

#### Declension
### Further reading

* stadion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* stadion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Stadion.

### Noun

stadion n (plural stadioane)
* stadium (venue where sporting events are held)

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

### Noun

stȁdiōn m (Cyrillic spelling ста̏дио̄н)
* (sports) stadium
* (unit of measure) stadion

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion). Doublet of stadium.

### Noun

stadion c or n
* a stadium (sporting venue)

#### Derived terms

* fotbollsstadion
* isstadion
* olympiastadion
* simstadion
* skidstadion
* stadionpublik
* tennisstadion

#### See also

* idrottsarena
* stadium

### Noun

stadion n
* (historical) stadion (Greek unit of distance)

#### Declension
### References

* stadion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* stadion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* stadion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* stadion in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)