STA
French, noun
STA is spelled S-T-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). STA is a French noun meaning “initialism of sous-titres anglais (“English subtitles (EST)”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Heure d’arrivée programmée (qui peut être différente de l’heure d’arrivée estimée ETA)”.
What does STA mean in English?
noun
- 1
initialism of sous-titres anglais (“English subtitles (EST)”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Heure d’arrivée programmée (qui peut être différente de l’heure d’arrivée estimée ETA).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of STA
- S.T.A. alternative
- S. T. A. alternative
- sta alternative
- s.t.a. alternative
- s. t. a. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to STA
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is STA in French?
STA appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).