- station
- stationA n1 Rail gare f ; in ou at the station à la gare ; the train came into the station le train est entré en gare ;2 Radio, TV (service) Radio station f de radio ; TV station f de télévision ; (frequency) station f ; jazz station station f de jazz ; local/national radio station radio f locale/nationale ; television station, TV station station f de télévision ;3 Mil, Naut (base) base f ; air station base f aérienne ; naval/RAF station base f navale/de la RAF ;4 Mil, Naut, gen (post) poste m ; at one's station à son poste ;5 (also police station) commissariat m ; (small) poste m de police ;6 Agric élevage m ; cattle/sheep station élevage m bovin/de moutons ;7 †(rank) condition f ; one's station in life sa condition dans la société ; to get ideas above one's station ne pas avoir les moyens de ses ambitions ;8 Relig the Stations of the Cross les Stations fpl de la croix ; to do the Stations of the Cross faire le chemin de la croix.B modif [facilities, hotel, platform, staff] de la gare.C vtr gen, Mil poster [officer, guard, steward] ; stationner [troops] ; déployer [ship, tank] ; to be stationed in Germany/at Essen être en garnison en Allemagne/à Essen.D v refl to station oneself se poster.
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.