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workstation

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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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈwɝkˌsteɪʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 K S T EY2 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An area, at a workplace, for a single worker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonyms: workplace, workstead
  • Near-synonym: workspace

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: workspace

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: station, area, place

3

noun

Meaning 3

a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digital computer

History

Etymology

From work + station.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة عَمَل (maḥaṭṭat ʕamal) — powerful desktop computer
  • Azerbaijani: iş stansiyası — powerful desktop computer
  • Belarusian: рабо́чая ста́нцыя (rabóčaja stáncyja) — powerful desktop computer
  • Bulgarian: рабо́тна ста́нция (rabótna stáncija) — powerful desktop computer
  • Catalan: estació de treball — powerful desktop computer
  • Chinese Cantonese: 工作站 (gung1 zok3 zaam6) — powerful desktop computer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作站 (gōngzuòzhàn) — powerful desktop computer
  • Czech: pracovní stanice — powerful desktop computer
  • Danish: arbejdsstation — powerful desktop computer
  • Dutch: werkstation — powerful desktop computer
  • Estonian: tööjaam — powerful desktop computer
  • Finnish: työasema — powerful desktop computer
  • French: station de travail — powerful desktop computer
  • German: Workstation — powerful desktop computer
  • Greek: σταθμός εργασίας (stathmós ergasías) — powerful desktop computer
  • Hungarian: munkaállomás — powerful desktop computer
  • Icelandic: vinnustöð — powerful desktop computer
  • Irish: stáisiún oibre — powerful desktop computer
  • Italian: workstation — powerful desktop computer
  • Italian: stazione di lavoro — powerful desktop computer
  • Japanese: ワークステーション (wākusutēshon) — powerful desktop computer
  • Korean: 워크스테이션 (wokeuseuteisyeon) — powerful desktop computer
  • Lithuanian: darbo stotis — powerful desktop computer
  • Malay: stesen kerja — powerful desktop computer
  • Mongolian: уоркстейшн (uorkstejšn) — powerful desktop computer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsstasjon — powerful desktop computer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsstasjon — powerful desktop computer
  • Iranian Persian: ایسْتْگاهِ کار (istgâh-e kâr) — powerful desktop computer
  • Polish: stacja robocza — powerful desktop computer
  • Portuguese: workstation — powerful desktop computer
  • Portuguese: estação de trabalho — powerful desktop computer
  • Russian: рабо́чая ста́нция (rabóčaja stáncija) — powerful desktop computer
  • Serbo-Croatian: радна станица — powerful desktop computer
  • Serbo-Croatian: radna stanica — powerful desktop computer
  • Slovak: pracovná stanica — powerful desktop computer
  • Spanish: estación de trabajo — powerful desktop computer
  • Swedish: arbetsstation — powerful desktop computer
  • Thai: สถานีงาน (sà-tǎa-nii-ngaan) — powerful desktop computer
  • Turkish: workstation — powerful desktop computer
  • Ukrainian: робо́ча ста́нція (robóča stáncija) — powerful desktop computer
  • Vietnamese: trạm làm việc — powerful desktop computer
  • Esperanto: kontoro — area for single worker
  • Estonian: töökoht — area for single worker
  • Finnish: työpiste — area for single worker
  • French: poste de travail — area for single worker
  • Georgian: სამუშაო სივრცე (samušao sivrce) — area for single worker
  • Georgian: სამუშაო ადგილი (samušao adgili) — area for single worker
  • German: Arbeitsplatz — area for single worker
  • Greek: χώρος εργασίας (chóros ergasías) — area for single worker
  • Greek: γραφείο (grafeío) — area for single worker
  • Italian: postazione — area for single worker
  • Māori: taupuni mahi — area for single worker
  • Russian: рабо́чее ме́сто (rabóčeje mésto) — area for single worker