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From Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steep, abrupt”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”), see sty.

From Middle English steyen, staien, from Old French estayer, estaier (“to fix, prop up, support, stay”), from estaye, estaie (“a prop, stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade (“a prop, stay, help, aid”) (compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stadi (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh2tis (“standing”). Influenced by Old English stæġ ("a stay, rope"; see below). Cognate with Old English stede (“a place, spot, locality, fixed position, station, site, standing, status, position of a moving body, stopping, standing still, stability, fixity, firmness, steadfastness”), Swedish stödja (“to prop, support, brace, hold up, bolster”), Icelandic stöðug (“continuous, stable”). More at stead, steady. Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from Old French ester, esteir (“to stand, be, continue, remain”), from Latin stāre (“stand”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical grounds. An alternative etymology derives Old French estaye, estaie, from Frankish *stakā, *stakō (“stake, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake, bar, stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“rod, pole, stick”), making it cognate with Old English staca (“pin, stake”), Old English stician (“to stick, be placed, lie, remain fixed”). Cognate with Albanian shtagë (“a long stick, a pole”). More at stake, stick.

From Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, estaie (“a prop, a stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade ("a prop, stay, help, aid"; compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Old Dutch *stad (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh2- (“to stand”). See above.

From Middle English stay, from Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *stag, from Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *stek-, *stāk- (“stand, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh2- (“to stand”). Cognate with Dutch stag (“stay”), German Stag (“stay”), Swedish stag (“stay”), Icelandic stag (“stay”).

350 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma) — residence — see also sojourn
• Belarusian: прабыва́нне (prabyvánnje) — residence — see also sojourn
• Belarusian: по́быт (póbyt) — residence — see also sojourn
• Bulgarian: пребива́ване (prebivávane) — residence — see also sojourn
• Bulgarian: престо́й (prestój) — residence — see also sojourn
• Bulgarian: спи́ране (spírane) — residence — see also sojourn
• Chinese Mandarin: 停留 (tíngliú) — residence — see also sojourn
• Chinese Mandarin: 旅居 (lǚjū) — residence — see also sojourn
• Czech: pobyt — residence — see also sojourn
• Dutch: verblijf — residence — see also sojourn
• Esperanto: restado — residence — see also sojourn
• Finnish: oleskelu — residence — see also sojourn
• Finnish: käynti — residence — see also sojourn
• Finnish: vierailu — residence — see also sojourn
• French: séjour — residence — see also sojourn
• German: Aufenthalt — residence — see also sojourn
• Ancient Greek: μονή (monḗ) — residence — see also sojourn
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιδημία (epidēmía) — residence — see also sojourn
• Hebrew: שהות (shehút) — residence — see also sojourn
• Hungarian: tartózkodás — residence — see also sojourn
• Italian: permanenza — residence — see also sojourn
• Japanese: 滞在 (taizai) — residence — see also sojourn
• Japanese: 滞留 (tairyū) — residence — see also sojourn
• Korean: 체재 (chejae) — residence — see also sojourn
• Korean: 체류 (cheryu) — residence — see also sojourn
• Lithuanian: pabuvimas — residence — see also sojourn
• Lithuanian: viešėjimas — residence — see also sojourn
• Macedonian: престој (prestoj) — residence — see also sojourn
• Norwegian Bokmål: opphold — residence — see also sojourn
• Polish: pobyt — residence — see also sojourn
• Portuguese: estada — residence — see also sojourn
• Portuguese: estadia — residence — see also sojourn
• Russian: пребыва́ние (prebyvánije) — residence — see also sojourn
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̀равак — residence — see also sojourn
• Serbo-Croatian: bòravak — residence — see also sojourn
• Slovak: pobyt — residence — see also sojourn
• Slovene: bivanje — residence — see also sojourn
• Spanish: estadía — residence — see also sojourn
• Spanish: estancia — residence — see also sojourn
• Spanish: estalaje — residence — see also sojourn
• Spanish: estada — residence — see also sojourn
• Swedish: vistelse — residence — see also sojourn
• Swedish: uppehåll — residence — see also sojourn
• Ukrainian: перебува́ння (perebuvánnja) — residence — see also sojourn
• Ukrainian: пробува́ння (probuvánnja) — residence — see also sojourn
• Ukrainian: по́бут (póbut) — residence — see also sojourn
• Bulgarian: отла́гане (otlágane) — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Czech: odložení — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Czech: odklad — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Czech: odročení — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Dutch: uitstel — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Estonian: viivitus — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Finnish: lykkäys — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• German: Aussetzung — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Portuguese: suspensão — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Russian: отсро́чка (otsróčka) — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Swedish: anstånd — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Swedish: uppehåll — postponement, esp. of a punishment
• Bulgarian: спиране (spirane) — stop, halt, break of action
• Finnish: pysähdys — stop, halt, break of action
• Swedish: avbrott — stop, halt, break of action
• Swedish: uppehåll — stop, halt, break of action
• Bulgarian: стабилност (stabilnost) — fixed state, stability
• Finnish: vakaus — fixed state, stability
• Finnish: pysyvyys — fixed state, stability
• Bulgarian: стоянка (stojanka) — nautical: station or fixed anchorage for vessels
• Finnish: ankkurointipaikka — nautical: station or fixed anchorage for vessels
• Bulgarian: сдържаност (sdǎržanost) — restraint of passion, prudence, moderation
• Finnish: maltti — restraint of passion, prudence, moderation
• Finnish: este — hindrance, let, check
• Finnish: rajoite — hindrance, let, check
• Finnish: rajoitus — hindrance, let, check
• Bulgarian: опора (opora) — prop, support
• Finnish: tuki — prop, support
• Finnish: tukipylväs — prop, support
• Galician: esteo — prop, support
• Māori: pūrengi — prop, support
• Māori: hōngai — prop, support
• Māori: hōkai — prop, support
• Persian: هاچه (hâče) — prop, support
• Swedish: stöd — prop, support
• Swedish: stötta — prop, support
• Bulgarian: банел (banel) — piece of stiff material to stiffen a piece of clothing
• Finnish: vahvike — piece of stiff material to stiffen a piece of clothing
• Bulgarian: окачалка (okačalka) — hook, clasp, anything to hang another thing on
• Finnish: naula — hook, clasp, anything to hang another thing on
• Swedish: fäste — hook, clasp, anything to hang another thing on
• Bulgarian: щаг (štag) — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Catalan: estai — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Dutch: stag — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Esperanto: stajo — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Finnish: staagi — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• German: Stag — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Italian: tirante — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Italian: strallo — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Māori: pūwhenua — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Māori: pūrengi — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Polish: sztag — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Portuguese: estai — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Swedish: stag — nautical: strong rope supporting a mast
• Finnish: harus — guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element
• German: Abspannung — guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element
• German: Strebe — guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element
• German: Stütze — guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element
• Italian: tirante — guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element
• Italian: strallo — guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element
• Portuguese: estai — guy, rope, or wire supporting a structural element
• German: Stehbolzen — transverse piece in a chain-cable link
• German: Stützbolzen — transverse piece in a chain-cable link
• German: Ankerbolzen — transverse piece in a chain-cable link
• German: Bolzen — transverse piece in a chain-cable link
• German: Sprieße — transverse piece in a chain-cable link
• German: Strebe — transverse piece in a chain-cable link
• Albanian: qëndroj — to remain in a particular place
• Albanian: rri — to remain in a particular place
• Southern Altai: калар (kalar) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: مَكَثَ (makaṯa) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: بَقِيَ (baqiya) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: بقي (bigi) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: قعد (gaʕad) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: فضل (fiḍil) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: ضل (ḍall, yiḍall) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: ضل (ḍall) — to remain in a particular place
• Arabic: بقي (biʔi, bigi) — to remain in a particular place
• Armenian: մնալ (mnal) — to remain in a particular place
• Aromanian: armãn — to remain in a particular place
• Azerbaijani: qalmaq — to remain in a particular place
• Azerbaijani: durmaq — to remain in a particular place
• Belarusian: застава́цца (zastavácca) — to remain in a particular place
• Belarusian: заста́цца (zastácca) — to remain in a particular place
• Bengali: থাকা (thaka) — to remain in a particular place
• Bengali: রওয়া (roōẇa) — to remain in a particular place
• Breton: chom — to remain in a particular place
• Bulgarian: оста́вам (ostávam) — to remain in a particular place
• Bulgarian: оста́на (ostána) — to remain in a particular place
• Burmese: နေ (ne) — to remain in a particular place
• Catalan: quedar-se — to remain in a particular place
• Catalan: restar — to remain in a particular place
• Cherokee: ᎡᏙᎮᏍᏗᏉᎠ (edohesdiquoa) — to remain in a particular place
• Cheyenne: -sétoo'e — to remain in a particular place
• Chinese Mandarin: 呆 (dāi) — to remain in a particular place
• Chinese Mandarin: 留 (liú) — to remain in a particular place
• Ngazidja Comorian: huêshi — to remain in a particular place
• Czech: zůstat — to remain in a particular place
• Czech: pobýt — to remain in a particular place
• Danish: blive — to remain in a particular place
• Dutch: blijven — to remain in a particular place
• Dutch: verblijven — to remain in a particular place
• Esperanto: resti — to remain in a particular place
• Estonian: jääma — to remain in a particular place
• Estonian: viibima — to remain in a particular place
• Finnish: viipyä — to remain in a particular place
• Finnish: jäädä — to remain in a particular place
• Finnish: pysyä — to remain in a particular place
• French: rester — to remain in a particular place
• French: demeurer — to remain in a particular place
• North Frisian: bliwe — to remain in a particular place
• North Frisian: bliiw — to remain in a particular place
• North Frisian: bliiv — to remain in a particular place
• Friulian: stâ — to remain in a particular place
• Friulian: restâ — to remain in a particular place
• Galician: quedar — to remain in a particular place
• Galician: ficar — to remain in a particular place
• Galician: parar — to remain in a particular place
• Georgian: დარჩენა (darčena) — to remain in a particular place
• Georgian: გაჩერება (gačereba) — to remain in a particular place
• German: sich aufhalten — to remain in a particular place
• German: bleiben — to remain in a particular place
• German: bliibe — to remain in a particular place
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (bileiban) — to remain in a particular place
• Greek: μένω (méno) — to remain in a particular place
• Ancient Greek: μένω (ménō) — to remain in a particular place
• Hebrew: נִשְׁאַר (nish'ár) — to remain in a particular place
• Hindi: ठहरना (ṭhaharnā) — to remain in a particular place
• Hindi: रहना (rahnā) — to remain in a particular place
• Hungarian: marad — to remain in a particular place
• Hungarian: tartózkodik — to remain in a particular place
• Icelandic: dvelja — to remain in a particular place
• Icelandic: vera — to remain in a particular place
• Irish: fan — to remain in a particular place
• Istriot: stà — to remain in a particular place
• Italian: stare — to remain in a particular place
• Italian: restare — to remain in a particular place
• Italian: rimanere — to remain in a particular place
• Japanese: 留まる (tomaru) — to remain in a particular place
• Japanese: とまる (tomaru) — to remain in a particular place
• Japanese: とどまる (todomaru) — to remain in a particular place
• Japanese: 残る (nokoru) — to remain in a particular place
• Japanese: 宿泊する (shukuhaku suru) — to remain in a particular place
• Judeo-Italian: אַלְבֵירְגַארֵי — to remain in a particular place
• Kabuverdianu: mora — to remain in a particular place
• Kazakh: қалу (qalu) — to remain in a particular place
• Khmer: ឋិត (thət) — to remain in a particular place
• Khmer: ប្រថាប់ (prɑɑthap) — to remain in a particular place
• Korean: 머무르다 (meomureuda) — to remain in a particular place
• Korean: 투숙하다 (tusukhada) — to remain in a particular place
• Korean: 묵다 (mukda) — to remain in a particular place
• Korean: 숙박하다 (sukbakhada) — to remain in a particular place
• Kyrgyz: калуу (kaluu) — to remain in a particular place
• Lao: ຢູ່ (yū) — to remain in a particular place
• Lao: ປະທັບ (pa thap) — to remain in a particular place
• Latin: maneō — to remain in a particular place
• Latin: stō — to remain in a particular place
• Latvian: palikt — to remain in a particular place
• Lithuanian: pasilikti — to remain in a particular place
• Lombard: stà — to remain in a particular place
• Lushootseed: baʔs — to remain in a particular place
• Macedonian: останува (ostanuva) — to remain in a particular place
• Macedonian: остане (ostane) — to remain in a particular place
• Malay: tinggal — to remain in a particular place
• Māori: noho — to remain in a particular place
• Middle English: lenden — to remain in a particular place
• Norman: rester — to remain in a particular place
• Norwegian: bli — to remain in a particular place
• Norwegian: forbli — to remain in a particular place
• Occitan: demorar — to remain in a particular place
• Old English: wunian — to remain in a particular place
• Old English: belīfan — to remain in a particular place
• Old English: bīdan — to remain in a particular place
• Oromo: turuu — to remain in a particular place
• Persian: ماندن (mândan) — to remain in a particular place
• Polish: zostawać — to remain in a particular place
• Polish: zostać — to remain in a particular place
• Polish: pozostawać — to remain in a particular place
• Polish: pozostać — to remain in a particular place
• Portuguese: ficar — to remain in a particular place
• Portuguese: permanecer — to remain in a particular place
• Quechua: takuy — to remain in a particular place
• Romani: aćhel — to remain in a particular place
• Romanian: sta — to remain in a particular place
• Romanian: rămâne — to remain in a particular place
• Romanian: zăbovi — to remain in a particular place
• Russian: остава́ться (ostavátʹsja) — to remain in a particular place
• Russian: оста́ться (ostátʹsja) — to remain in a particular place
• Russian: остана́вливаться (ostanávlivatʹsja) — to remain in a particular place
• Russian: останови́ться (ostanovítʹsja) — to remain in a particular place
• Sanskrit: गाधते (gādhate) — to remain in a particular place
• Sanskrit: तिष्ठति (tíṣṭhati) — to remain in a particular place
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀стати — to remain in a particular place
• Serbo-Croatian: òstati — to remain in a particular place
• Sicilian: stari — to remain in a particular place
• Slovak: zostať — to remain in a particular place
• Slovene: ostajati — to remain in a particular place
• Slovene: ostati — to remain in a particular place
• Spanish: quedar — to remain in a particular place
• Spanish: quedarse — to remain in a particular place
• Spanish: hospedarse — to remain in a particular place
• Spanish: permanecer — to remain in a particular place
• Spanish: ficar — to remain in a particular place
• Swahili: kukaa — to remain in a particular place
• Swedish: stanna — to remain in a particular place
• Swedish: vistas — to remain in a particular place
• Tagalog: manatili — to remain in a particular place
• Tajik: мондан (mondan) — to remain in a particular place
• Tatar: калырга (qalırğa) — to remain in a particular place
• Thai: อยู่ (yùu) — to remain in a particular place
• Thai: คงอยู่ (kong-yùu) — to remain in a particular place
• Tocharian B: sāk- — to remain in a particular place
• Turkish: kalmak — to remain in a particular place
• Turkish: durmak — to remain in a particular place
• Turkish: konaklamak — to remain in a particular place
• Turkmen: durmak — to remain in a particular place
• Ukrainian: затри́муватися (zatrýmuvatysja) — to remain in a particular place
• Ukrainian: зостава́тися (zostavátysja) — to remain in a particular place
• Urdu: رہنا (rahnā) — to remain in a particular place
• Uyghur: قالماق (qalmaq) — to remain in a particular place
• Uyghur: تۇرماق (turmaq) — to remain in a particular place
• Uzbek: qolmoq — to remain in a particular place
• Uzbek: turmoq — to remain in a particular place
• Venetan: star — to remain in a particular place
• Vietnamese: ở — to remain in a particular place
• Yakut: хаал (qaal) — to remain in a particular place
• Yiddish: בלײַבן (blaybn) — to remain in a particular place
• Zazaki: vınden — to remain in a particular place
• Armenian: մնալ (mnal) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Bengali: থাকা (thaka) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Bengali: রয়ে যাওয়া (roẏe jaōẇa) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Breton: chom — to continue to have a particular quality
• Bulgarian: задъ́ржам (zadǎ́ržam) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Chinese Mandarin: 留 (liú) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Czech: zůstat — to continue to have a particular quality
• Dutch: blijven — to continue to have a particular quality
• Esperanto: resti — to continue to have a particular quality
• Estonian: jääma — to continue to have a particular quality
• Finnish: viipyä — to continue to have a particular quality
• Finnish: jäädä — to continue to have a particular quality
• French: rester — to continue to have a particular quality
• Galician: ficar — to continue to have a particular quality
• Galician: permanecer — to continue to have a particular quality
• German: bleiben — to continue to have a particular quality
• Greek: μένω (méno) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Ancient Greek: μένω (ménō) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Hungarian: marad — to continue to have a particular quality
• Icelandic: haldast — to continue to have a particular quality
• Icelandic: vera — to continue to have a particular quality
• Irish: fan — to continue to have a particular quality
• Irish: bí — to continue to have a particular quality
• Old Irish: anaid — to continue to have a particular quality
• Italian: restare — to continue to have a particular quality
• Italian: essere — to continue to have a particular quality
• Japanese: のままである (no mama de aru) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Japanese: のままでいる (no mama de iru) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Latin: sto — to continue to have a particular quality
• Latin: teneo — to continue to have a particular quality
• Lithuanian: likti — to continue to have a particular quality
• Norman: rester — to continue to have a particular quality
• Norwegian: bli — to continue to have a particular quality
• Norwegian: forbli — to continue to have a particular quality
• Polish: zostawać — to continue to have a particular quality
• Portuguese: ficar — to continue to have a particular quality
• Portuguese: permanecer — to continue to have a particular quality
• Portuguese: continuar — to continue to have a particular quality
• Portuguese: manter — to continue to have a particular quality
• Romanian: sta — to continue to have a particular quality
• Romanian: rămâne, dăinui — to continue to have a particular quality
• Russian: остава́ться (ostavátʹsja) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Russian: оста́ться (ostátʹsja) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Sanskrit: तिष्ठति (tíṣṭhati) — to continue to have a particular quality
• Spanish: mantenerse — to continue to have a particular quality
• Swedish: hålla sig — to continue to have a particular quality
• Swedish: förbli — to continue to have a particular quality
• Tagalog: pa rin — to continue to have a particular quality
• Albanian: shtyj — to postpone
• Breton: ampellat — to postpone
• Bulgarian: отла́гам (otlágam) — to postpone
• Czech: odložit — to postpone
• Dutch: uitstellen — to postpone
• Esperanto: prokrasti — to postpone
• Estonian: viivitama — to postpone
• Finnish: lykätä — to postpone
• German: aufschieben — to postpone
• German: vertagen — to postpone
• German: aussetzen — to postpone
• Greek: αναβάλλω (anavállo) — to postpone
• Hungarian: halaszt — to postpone
• Hungarian: elhalaszt — to postpone
• Hungarian: felfüggeszt — to postpone
• Hungarian: késleltet — to postpone
• Italian: rimandare — to postpone
• Māori: tinaku — to postpone
• Māori: whakatārewa — to postpone
• Portuguese: adiar — to postpone
• Romanian: amâna — to postpone
• Romanian: întârzia — to postpone
• Russian: откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) — to postpone
• Russian: отложи́ть (otložítʹ) — to postpone
• Spanish: quedar — to postpone
• Spanish: permanecer — to postpone
• Swedish: skjuta upp — to postpone
• Swedish: senarelägga — to postpone