mainstay
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmeɪn.steɪ/
mainstay (plural mainstays)
- A chief support.
- Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy.
- Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.
- (nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.
- French: pilier
- German: Stütze
- Italian: base, pilastro
- Portuguese: carro-chefe
- Russian: опло́т
- Spanish: pilar
- French: grand étai
- German: Großstag
- Portuguese: esteio
- Russian: гро́та-шта́г
- Spanish: estay mayor
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