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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, uncommon: /stæns/
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• Canada, General-American: [stɛəns]
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• stäns trap–bath split
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From Middle English staunce (“place to stand; battle station; position; standing in society; circumstance, situation; stanchion”), from Old French estance (“predicament; situation; sojourn, stay”) (compare modern French stance (“stanza; position one stands in when golfing”)), from Italian stanza (“room, standing place; stanza”), from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh2- (“to stand (up)”). The word is cognate with Spanish estante (“shelf”) and a doublet of stanza. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare typologically Czech postoj (“stance (the way of holding a body); stance (point of view)”) (cognate via PIE). Also see position, posture.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَوْقِف (mawqif) — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Azerbaijani: duruş — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Bulgarian: сто́йка (stójka) — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Catalan: positura — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Chinese Mandarin: 姿勢 /姿势 (zīshì) — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Czech: postoj — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Dutch: houding — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Finnish: asento — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• French: position — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• French: posture — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• German: Einstellung — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• German: Positur — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Hungarian: állás — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Italian: postura — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Norwegian Bokmål: kroppsholdning — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Polish: postawa — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Portuguese: postura — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Portuguese: posição — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Romanian: poziție — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Romanian: postură — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Russian: по́за (póza) — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Russian: сто́йка (stójka) — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Russian: пози́ция (pozícija) — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Spanish: postura — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Swedish: kroppsställning — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Turkish: duruş — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Welsh: safiad — manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
• Bulgarian: пози́ция (pozícija) — opinion or point of view
• Chinese Mandarin: 立場 /立场 (lìchǎng) — opinion or point of view
• Chinese Mandarin: 姿態 /姿态 (zītài) — opinion or point of view
• Chinese Mandarin: 態度 /态度 (tàidù) — opinion or point of view
• Czech: postoj — opinion or point of view
• Czech: pohled — opinion or point of view
• Czech: názor — opinion or point of view
• Dutch: standpunt — opinion or point of view
• Dutch: opinie — opinion or point of view
• Finnish: asenne — opinion or point of view
• Finnish: asennoituminen — opinion or point of view
• Finnish: kanta — opinion or point of view
• Finnish: näkökanta — opinion or point of view
• French: position — opinion or point of view
• French: attitude — opinion or point of view
• French: point de vue — opinion or point of view
• German: Haltung — opinion or point of view
• German: Einstellung — opinion or point of view
• German: Verhältnis — opinion or point of view
• German: Standpunkt — opinion or point of view
• Hungarian: állásfoglalás — opinion or point of view
• Icelandic: afstaða — opinion or point of view
• Italian: opinione — opinion or point of view
• Italian: punto di vista — opinion or point of view
• Italian: posizione — opinion or point of view
• Italian: istanza — opinion or point of view
• Japanese: 立場 (tachiba) — opinion or point of view
• Japanese: 姿勢 (shisei) — opinion or point of view
• Japanese: 態度 (taido) — opinion or point of view
• Norwegian Bokmål: standpunkt — opinion or point of view
• Polish: stanowisko — opinion or point of view
• Portuguese: postura — opinion or point of view
• Portuguese: posição — opinion or point of view
• Russian: пози́ция (pozícija) — opinion or point of view
• Russian: взгляд (vzgljad) — opinion or point of view
• Russian: отноше́ние (otnošénije) — opinion or point of view
• Russian: то́чка зре́ния (tóčka zrénija) — opinion or point of view
• Scottish Gaelic: seasamh — opinion or point of view
• Spanish: postura — opinion or point of view
• Spanish: parecer — opinion or point of view
• Swedish: ståndpunkt — opinion or point of view
• Thai: จุดยืน (jùt-yʉʉn) — opinion or point of view
• Turkish: pozisyon — opinion or point of view
• Vietnamese: quan điểm — opinion or point of view
• Welsh: safbwynt — opinion or point of view
• Finnish: paikka — place to stand
• Finnish: sija — place to stand
• Welsh: safiad — place to stand
• Welsh: safle — place to stand