noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstɒpˌəʊvə/
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General-American:/ˈstɑpˌoʊvɚ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: stayover, layover, lie-over (all sometimes synonymous)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stayover, layover, lie-over
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a brief stay in the course of a journey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they made a stopover to visit their friends
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stop, layover
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stay
Narrower terms: night-stop, pit stop, stand
3
noun
Meaning 3
a stopping place on a journey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: way station
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stop
History
Etymology
Deverbal from stop over.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
прекъсване
(prekǎsvane)
— interruption in a journey
Chinese Mandarin:
耽擱 /耽搁
(dāngē)
— interruption in a journey
Chinese Mandarin:
停留
(tíngliú)
— interruption in a journey
Chinese Mandarin:
中途下車 /中途下车
(zhōngtú xiàchē)
— interruption in a journey
Danish:
mellemlanding
— interruption in a journey
Dutch:
tussenstop
— interruption in a journey
Faroese:
millumlending
— interruption in a journey
Finnish:
pysähdys
— interruption in a journey
Finnish:
välilasku
— interruption in a journey
French:
étape
— interruption in a journey
French:
escale
— interruption in a journey
German:
Zwischenstopp
— interruption in a journey
German:
Zwischenlandung
— interruption in a journey
German:
Aufenthalt
— interruption in a journey
German:
Zwischenhalt
— interruption in a journey
Hebrew:
חניית ביניים
(hani'at beinayim)
— interruption in a journey
Hungarian:
megszakítás
— interruption in a journey
Hungarian:
útmegszakítás
— interruption in a journey
Hungarian:
pihenő
— interruption in a journey
Icelandic:
millilending
— interruption in a journey
Ido:
eskalo
— interruption in a journey
Indonesian:
singgah inap
— interruption in a journey
Italian:
scalo
— interruption in a journey
Japanese:
途中下車
(tochū gesha)
— interruption in a journey
Japanese:
ストップ
(sutoppu)
— interruption in a journey
Norwegian Bokmål:
mellomlanding
— interruption in a journey
Norwegian Nynorsk:
mellomlanding
— interruption in a journey
Polish:
postój
— interruption in a journey
Polish:
przesiadka
— interruption in a journey
Portuguese:
parada
— interruption in a journey
Russian:
остано́вка в пути́
(ostanóvka v putí)
— interruption in a journey
Russian:
остано́вка
(ostanóvka)
— interruption in a journey
Russian:
захо́д
(zaxód)
— interruption in a journey
Spanish:
paraje
— interruption in a journey
Spanish:
escala
— interruption in a journey
Swedish:
reseuppehåll
— interruption in a journey
Swedish:
mellanlandning
— interruption in a journey
Telugu:
మజిలీ
(majilī)
— interruption in a journey
