How to pronounce stade
American English pronunciation
STAYD
- IPA
- /ˈsteɪd/
- Syllables
- STAYD (1 syllable)
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What stade means
An old Greek measure of distance, about 600 feet
In a sentence: The young runners in ancient Greece raced the length of one stade.
Where it comes from: It comes through Latin from a Greek word for a racetrack 600 feet long. The word stadium comes from the same place.
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