stade

noun

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She is credited as Céline’s personal assistant on the live albums Au cœur du stade and Live à Paris. Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023 Although this year’s summer Olympics include 33 sports, in the beginning there was only one: a 192-meter sprint called the stadion, or stade. Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2021 Supplied with that information, Eratosthenes deduced Earth’s circumference as 250,000 stades, a Hellenistic unit of length equaling roughly 600 feet. Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle French estade, from Latin stadium

First Known Use

1537, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stade was in 1537

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“Stade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stade. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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