stanchion

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• UK: /ˈstanʃən/
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• UK: /ˈstɑːnʃən/
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• US: /ˈstænʃən/
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From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stāns (“standing”), present participle of stō.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَمُود ، دِعَامَة ، قائِمُ دَعمٍ فُولاذيّ — vertical pole, post or support
• Bulgarian: подпора (podpora) — vertical pole, post or support
• Chinese Mandarin: 柱子 (zhùzi) — vertical pole, post or support
• Chinese Mandarin: 支柱 (zhīzhù) — vertical pole, post or support
• Czech: sloupek — vertical pole, post or support
• Czech: sloup — vertical pole, post or support
• Dutch: paal — vertical pole, post or support
• Dutch: post — vertical pole, post or support
• Esperanto: fosto — vertical pole, post or support
• Finnish: tolppa — vertical pole, post or support
• Finnish: paalu — vertical pole, post or support
• French: appui — vertical pole, post or support
• French: étançon — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Pfosten — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Stütze — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Pfeiler — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Ständer — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Strebe — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Haltestange — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Runge — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Wagenrunge — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Standrohr — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Gitterstab — vertical pole, post or support
• German: Gitterstange — vertical pole, post or support
• Greek: ορθοστάτης (orthostátis) — vertical pole, post or support
• Greek: στύλος (stýlos) — vertical pole, post or support
• Hungarian: oszlop — vertical pole, post or support
• Italian: sostegno — vertical pole, post or support
• Italian: puntello — vertical pole, post or support
• Japanese: スタンション (sutanshon) — vertical pole, post or support
• Japanese: スタンチョン (sutanchon) — vertical pole, post or support
• Korean: 기둥 (gidung) — vertical pole, post or support
• Lithuanian: stovas — vertical pole, post or support
• Lithuanian: pastovas — vertical pole, post or support
• Māori: tokotū — vertical pole, post or support
• Polish: słupek — vertical pole, post or support
• Polish: słup — vertical pole, post or support
• Polish: kolumienka — vertical pole, post or support
• Portuguese: poste — vertical pole, post or support
• Russian: столб (stolb) — vertical pole, post or support
• Russian: подпо́рка (podpórka) — vertical pole, post or support
• Russian: сто́йка (stójka) — vertical pole, post or support
• Russian: пи́ллерс (píllers) — vertical pole, post or support
• Russian: коло́нна (kolónna) — vertical pole, post or support
• Spanish: puntal — vertical pole, post or support
• Swedish: stolpe — vertical pole, post or support
• Swedish: stötta — vertical pole, post or support
• Vietnamese: cột chống hai bên sườn tàu — vertical pole, post or support
• Bulgarian: преграда (pregrada) — confinement
• Czech: ohrazení — confinement
• Dutch: afsluiting — confinement
• Finnish: aitaus — confinement
• German: Gitterstab — confinement
• German: Gitterstangen — confinement
• German: Stand — confinement
• German: Gatter — confinement
• Kashubian: kłonica — confinement
• Polish: kłonica — confinement
• Polish: kłonica — (on a mountain bike fork)
• Spanish: barra — (on a mountain bike fork)