stamina

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stamina

  • /ˈstæmɪnə/ UK
  • /ˈstæmənə/ US

Rhymes with -æmɪnə

Where it comes from

From Latin stāmina, plural of stāmen.

noun staminas

  1. uncountable, usually The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc. He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that's why he can run for a long time.
  2. obsolete, plural, plural only, uncountable, usually The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

noun

  1. plural, rare plural of stamen 1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition, In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flo

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: staying power, toughness, endurance, perseverance, resiliency, diligence, tenacity, persistence, fortitude, persevering, steadfastness, patience, force, strength, resistant, durability

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noun power of sustained exertion

Españolestamina, resistencia, aguante, stamina (stámina), perduración, vigor
中文耐力 nàilì
Portuguêsestamina, vigor
Françaisendurance, résistance
DeutschAusdauer, Durchhaltevermögen
Italianovigore
Ελληνικάαντοχή antochí
Românăanduranță
Русскийвы́держка výderžka, выно́сливость vynóslivostʹ, сто́йкость stójkostʹ, запа́с жи́зненных сил zapás žíznennyx sil
العربيةتَحَمُّل taḥammul, قُوَّةُ تَحَمُّل quwwatu taḥammul, جَلَد jalad

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@misc{stamina_2026,
  title = {stamina},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stamina},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}