statie

statie

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

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative statie statia statii statiile
    genitive-dative statii statiei statii statiilor
    vocative statie, statio statiilor

    References

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