stade
French, noun/stad/
stade is spelled S-T-A-D-E (5 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written French, the 1,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stade is a French masculine noun meaning “stadion (Ancient Greek unit of measurement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mesure de longueur valant à peu près 180 mètres”.
What does stade mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestadion (Ancient Greek unit of measurement)
- 2
masculinestadium (Greek race course)
- 3
masculinestadium (sports arena)
- 4
masculinestage
un stade avancé d’une maladie
- 5
masculinestage (phase)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mesure de longueur valant à peu près 180 mètres. 2. Carrière ou enceinte ayant cette longueur et où les Grecs s’exerçaient à la course. 3. Bâtiment qui entoure ce terrain de sport où se déroulent des compétitions sportives. 4. Période ou degré d’une maladie intermittente.
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 stade
- stades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stade?
- /stad/
- \stad\
- [stad]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stade in French?
stade appears 71 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).