station

workstation

noun STAY-shon Rare

Origin: English loanword adopted in Italian IT and railway contexts.

Also means

station

Usage Note

Station appears in Italian only as an English borrowing in technical jargon, chiefly inside compounds such as work station or base station. For railway or bus contexts the native stazione is always used instead.

Examples

"Collega la station alla rete aziendale."

Natural Translation

Connect the station to the company network.

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