stale Pronunciation: /steɪl/Translate stale | into French | into German | into Italian Spanish translation of staleadj (staler, stalest) [bread] no fresco; [butter/cheese] rancio; [beer] pasado; [air] viciado; [joke] añejo, viejo; [ideas] trasnochadostale in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of stale in the British & World English dictionary Definition of stale in the US English dictionary