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English

Etymology

From Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent to stand +‎ -ard. Alternative etymology derives the second element from Frankish *oʀd (“point, spot, place”) (compare Old French ordé (“pointed”), Old English ord (“point, source, vanguard”), German Standort (“location, place, site, position, base”, literally “standing-point”)). Merged with Middle English standar, stander, standere (“flag, banner”, literally “stander”), equivalent to stand +‎ -er. More at stand, hard, ord.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstændəd/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstændəɹd/, [ˈsteəndɚd]
    • Hyphenation: stan‧dard

    Adjective

    standard (comparative more standard, superlative most standard)

    1. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
    2. (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
    3. Having recognized excellence or authority.
    4. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
    5. (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
    6. As normally supplied (not optional).
    8. (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.

    Antonyms

    • nonstandard, non-standard

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Noun

    standard (plural standards)

    1. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
      1. A level of quality or attainment.
      2. Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
      3. A musical work of established popularity.
      4. A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
      5. The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
      6. (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
      7. A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
      8. (India) Grade level in primary education.
    2. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
      1. An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
      2. The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
      3. One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
      4. Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
      5. A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
      6. A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
      7. The sheth of a plough.
    3. A manual transmission vehicle.
    4. (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
    5. (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
    6. A large drinking cup.
    7. (historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.
      Synonym: pisane
    8. Short for standard poodle.
    9. A measure for timber.

    Hyponyms

    • bog standard
    • double standard
    • gold standard
    • time standard

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Translations

    Interjection

    standard

    1. (UK, slang) An expression of agreement.

    References

    Anagrams

    • Randstad, sand dart

    Czech

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈstandart]

    Noun

    standard m inan

    1. standard

    Declension

    Related terms

    See also

    • norma
    • měřítko

    Further reading

    • “standard”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
    • “standard”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
    • “standard”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

    Danish

    Etymology

    From English standard.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstanˌdarˀt/, [ˈsd̥anˌd̥ɑːˀd̥]
    • Homophone: standart

    Noun

    standard c (singular definite standarden, plural indefinite standarder)

    1. standard

    Inflection

    French

    Etymology

    English standard. Doublet of étendard.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /stɑ̃.daʁ/

    Noun

    standard m (plural standards)

    1. standard
    2. switchboard

    Adjective

    standard (feminine standarde, masculine plural standards, feminine plural standardes)

    1. standard

    Usage notes

    • Often treated as invariable (with the single form standard used for masculine and feminine, singular and plural), but dictionary accounts vary.

    Synonyms

    • normal

    Descendants

    • → Romanian: standard
    • → Turkish: standart

    References

    Further reading

    • “standard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

    Italian

    Alternative forms

    • standar (misspelling)

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstan.dard/
    • Rhymes: -andard
    • Hyphenation: stàn‧dard

    Adjective

    standard (invariable)

    1. standard

    Noun

    standard m (invariable)

    1. standard

    Related terms

    • standardizzare
    • standardizzazione

    References

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Old French estandart, via English standard.

    Adjective

    standard (singular and plural standard, comparative mer standard, superlative mest standard)

    1. standard

    Noun

    standard m (definite singular standarden, indefinite plural standarder, definite plural standardene)

    1. a standard

    Derived terms

    • levestandard

    References

    • “standard” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
    • “standard_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
    • “standard_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Old French estandart, via English standard.

    Adjective

    standard (singular and plural standard, comparative meir standard, superlative mest standard)

    1. standard

    Noun

    standard m (definite singular standarden, indefinite plural standardar, definite plural standardane)

    1. a standard

    Derived terms

    • levestandard

    References

    • “standard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

    Polish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English standard. Doublet of sztandar.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstan.dart/
    • Rhymes: -andart
    • Syllabification: stan‧dard

    Noun

    standard m inan

    1. standard

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • standard in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • standard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    • estândar (rare)

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English standard, from Old French estandart. Doublet of estandarte.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    standard m (invariable)

    1. standard

    Adjective

    standard (invariable)

    1. standard

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French standard.

    Noun

    standard n (plural standarde)

    1. standard

    Declension

    Serbo-Croatian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /stǎndard/
    • Hyphenation: stan‧dard

    Noun

    stàndard m (Cyrillic spelling ста̀ндард)

    1. standard

    Declension

    Further reading

    • “standard”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

    Swedish

    Noun

    standard c

    1. a standard, a norm

    Declension

    Related terms

    • standardisera

    See also

    • standar

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