станция

Etymology

A conflation of two sources — Russian archaic стан (stan, “postal station, stage”), стани́ца (staníca, “stanitsa”) and the European words for “station” descended from Latin statio, such as Polish stacja, French station, Italian stazione, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstant͡sɨjə]

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Noun

ста́нция • (stáncija) f inan (genitive ста́нции, nominative plural ста́нции, genitive plural ста́нций)

1. station

   широковеща́тельная ста́нция ― širokoveščátelʹnaja stáncija ― broadcast station

   косми́ческая ста́нция ― kosmíčeskaja stáncija ― space station

   железнодоро́жная ста́нция ― železnodoróžnaja stáncija ― railway station

   электроста́нция ― elektrostáncija ― power station

   радиоста́нция ― radiostáncija ― radio station

   автозапра́вочная ста́нция ― avtozaprávočnaja stáncija ― gas station, filling station

2. (telephony) office, exchange
3. (rail transport) yard
4. power plant

References

• Šapošnikov, A. K. (2010), “станция”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ sovremennovo russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, pages 375–376
• Vasmer, Max (1972), “станция”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume III, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 746
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “станция”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 198
• Cyganenko, G. B. (1989), “станция”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kiev: Radjansʹka škola, page 400