Phrase guide

space station

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A crewed artificial satellite designed for long-term habitation, research, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orbital station

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: space platform, space laboratory

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter

Narrower terms: Salyut, Skylab

History

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Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: stacion hapësinor — crewed artificial satellite
  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة فَضَاء (maḥaṭṭat faḍāʔ) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Armenian: տիեզերական կայան (tiezerakan kayan) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Azerbaijani: kosmik stansiya — crewed artificial satellite
  • Belarusian: касмі́чная ста́нцыя (kasmíčnaja stáncyja) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Bengali: মহাকাশ স্টেশন (mohakaś sṭeśon) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Bulgarian: косми́ческа ста́нция (kosmíčeska stáncija) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Burmese: အာကာသစခန်း (akasa.ca.hkan:) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Catalan: estació espacial — crewed artificial satellite
  • Chinese Cantonese: 空間站 /空间站 (hung1 gaan1 zaam6) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Chinese Cantonese: 太空站 (taai3 hung1 zaam6) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空間站 /空间站 (kōngjiānzhàn) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太空站 (tàikōngzhàn) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Czech: vesmírná stanice — crewed artificial satellite
  • Czech: kosmická stanice — crewed artificial satellite
  • Danish: rumstation — crewed artificial satellite
  • Dutch: ruimtestation — crewed artificial satellite
  • Esperanto: kosmostacio — crewed artificial satellite
  • Estonian: kosmosejaam — crewed artificial satellite
  • Faroese: rúmdarsteinur — crewed artificial satellite
  • Finnish: avaruusasema — crewed artificial satellite
  • French: station spatiale — crewed artificial satellite
  • Georgian: კოსმოსური სადგური (ḳosmosuri sadguri) — crewed artificial satellite
  • German: Raumstation — crewed artificial satellite
  • German: Weltraumstation — crewed artificial satellite
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲנַת חָלָל (takhanát-khalál) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Hindi: अंतरिक्ष केंद्र (antrikṣ kendra) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Hungarian: űrállomás — crewed artificial satellite
  • Icelandic: geimstöð — crewed artificial satellite
  • Icelandic: geimhöfn — crewed artificial satellite
  • Indonesian: stasiun ruang angkasa — crewed artificial satellite
  • Indonesian: stasiun luar angkasa — crewed artificial satellite
  • Interlingua: astrostation — crewed artificial satellite
  • Interlingua: station de investigationes spatial — crewed artificial satellite
  • Irish: stáisiún spáis — crewed artificial satellite
  • Italian: stazione spaziale — crewed artificial satellite
  • Japanese: 宇宙ステーション (uchū sutēshon) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Kazakh: ғарыш станция (ğaryş stansiä) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Khmer: ស្ថានីយអវកាស (sthaanii ʼaʼvĕəʼkaah) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Korean: 우주 정거장 (uju jeonggeojang) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Korean: 우주 정류소 (uju jeongnyuso) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Kyrgyz: космостук станция (kosmostuk stantsiya) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Lao: ສະຖານີອະວະກາດ (sa thā nī ʼa wa kāt) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Latin: statiō spatiālis — crewed artificial satellite
  • Latvian: kosmosa stacija — crewed artificial satellite
  • Lithuanian: kosminė stotis — crewed artificial satellite
  • Low German: Ruumstatschoon — crewed artificial satellite
  • Low German: Weltruumstatschoon — crewed artificial satellite
  • Macedonian: все́ленска ста́ница (vsélenska stánica) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Malay: stesen angkasa — crewed artificial satellite
  • Māori: taupuni ātea — crewed artificial satellite
  • Navajo: béésh naatʼaʼítsoh — crewed artificial satellite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: romstasjon — crewed artificial satellite
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: romstasjon — crewed artificial satellite
  • Iranian Persian: ایسْتْگاهِ فَضایی (istgâh-e fazâyi) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Polish: stacja kosmiczna — crewed artificial satellite
  • Portuguese: estação espacial — crewed artificial satellite
  • Romanian: stație cosmică — crewed artificial satellite
  • Romanian: stație spațială — crewed artificial satellite
  • Russian: косми́ческая ста́нция (kosmíčeskaja stáncija) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Serbo-Croatian: свемирска станица — crewed artificial satellite
  • Serbo-Croatian: svemirska stanica — crewed artificial satellite
  • Slovak: kozmická stanica — crewed artificial satellite
  • Slovak: vesmírna stanica — crewed artificial satellite
  • Slovene: vesoljska postaja — crewed artificial satellite
  • Spanish: estación espacial — crewed artificial satellite
  • Swedish: rymdstation — crewed artificial satellite
  • Tagalog: himpilang pangkalawakan — crewed artificial satellite
  • Tajik: истгоҳи фазоӣ (istgoh-i fazoyi) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Tatar: космик станция (qösmik stantsiyä) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Thai: สถานีอวกาศ (sà-tǎa-nii-à-wá-gàat) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Turkish: uzay istasyonu — crewed artificial satellite
  • Ukrainian: космі́чна ста́нція (kosmíčna stáncija) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Urdu: خَلائی اِسْٹیشَن (xalāī isṭeśan) — crewed artificial satellite
  • Uzbek: kosmik stansiya — crewed artificial satellite
  • Vietnamese: trạm không gian — crewed artificial satellite
  • Vietnamese: trạm vũ trụ — crewed artificial satellite
  • Volapük: stelastejen — crewed artificial satellite