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See also: stație

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From state + -ie.

Noun

statie (plural staties)

  1. (New England, slang, law enforcement) A state trooper.
    • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
      Alan supposed the Staties would arrest him if they ran across him while they pursued other lines of investigation, but otherwise, no. They had more important things to do.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of station, based on other words in which French -ion corresponds to Dutch -ie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaː.(t)si/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sta‧tie
  • Rhymes: -aːtsi

Noun

statie f (plural staties, diminutive statietje n)

  1. (chiefly Belgium) train station
    Synonym: station

Descendants

  • Indonesian: stasi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian статья (statʹja).

Noun

statie f (plural statii)

  1. (obsolete) article of a document
    Synonym: articol

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • statie in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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