English
Pronunciation
IPA|/steɪl/, SAMPA|/steIl/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl
Adjective
en-adj
- Having lost its freshness from age. Stale food, for instance, is food which is still edible but has lost its deliciousness.
#:The steak is as stale as the beer.
#:If you don't enter a room for some days, the air will become stale.
- No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old; as, stale news, a stale joke, etc.
Translations
trans-top|having lost its freshness
Albanian: bajat
Finnish: väljähtänyt, ummehtunut
French: rassis (bread), rance (butter, fat), croupi (water), vicié (air), défraîchi (especially clothes)...
German: abgestanden
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Spanish: rancio, revenido, pasado (food), viciado (air)
Telugu: పా�ిన (paachina), వాడిన (vaaDina), వడలిన (vaDalina)
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trans-top|no longer new or interesting
Albanian: bajat
Finnish: väljähtänyt, tympeä, kulunut
German: veraltet, abgedroschen (joke)
trans-mid
Spanish: manido, anquilosado
Swedish: passé
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Noun
en-noun
- context|Shakespearian A woman who is �no longer fresh� or who has lost her virginity.
#* Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene i, lines 59-60:
#*: I stand dishonor'd, that have gone about
#*: To link my dear friend to a common stale
Antonyms
fresh (1)
Related terms
stalemate
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