status

status

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English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General Australian, Ireland, New Zealand, General South African, US) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪ.təs/
  • (US, Canada, General Australian, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈstæt.əs/, [ˈstæɾ.əs]
  • (Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, many accents) IPA(key): /ˈstɛː.təs/, /ˈsteː.təs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəs, -ætəs

Noun

status (countable and uncountable, plural statuses or status)

  1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
  2. Prestige or high standing.
  3. A situation or state of affairs.
  4. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
    1. (Canada, usually used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
  5. (social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
  6. (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

Usage notes

  • Rarely, statūs (following Latin) is found as the plural form.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cantonese: status

Translations

References

Further reading

  • "status" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 299.

Anagrams

  • suttas

Catalan

Noun

status m (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of estatus

Chinese

Etymology

From English status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stei̯⁵⁵ tʰɐs²¹/

Noun

status

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) relationship status

Usage notes

Usually in the form A_ or O_, where _ is a number.

See also

  • 報status / 报status
  • A0
  • O1

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstatus]

Noun

status m inan

  1. status

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsdæːtus]

Noun

status c (singular definite statussen or statusen, plural indefinite statusser or statuser)

  1. status (condition)
    1. (accounting) a company's statements of assets and liabilities (annual accounts)
  2. status (station, social standing)

Noun

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “status” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaː.tʏs/
  • Hyphenation: sta‧tus

Noun

status m (plural statussen, diminutive statusje n)

  1. status (condition)
  2. status (legal position)
  3. status (station, social standing)
  4. medical file

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: status

Esperanto

Verb

status

  1. conditional of stati

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑtus/, [ˈs̠tɑ̝t̪us̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtus
  • Hyphenation(key): sta‧tus

Noun

status

  1. status (a person's position or standing; high standing)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “status”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • tassut

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch status, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsta.tʊs]
  • Hyphenation: sta‧tus

Noun

status (plural status-status)

  1. status:
    1. a person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others
    2. a situation or state of affairs
    3. a function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact
  2. (healthcare) a medical file, medical record

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “status” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsta.tus/
  • Rhymes: -atus
  • Hyphenation: stà‧tus

Noun

status m (invariable)

  1. status (position in society)

Further reading

  • status in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsta.tus/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsta.tus/, [ˈst̪äːt̪us]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Italic *statos. Perfect passive participle of sistō (“I cause to stand, set, place”) in its causative meaning.

Participle

status (feminine stata, neuter statum, adverb statim); first/second-declension participle

  1. fixed, set, having been set
  2. regular
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tus. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *statъ (“wealth”).

    Noun

    status m (genitive statūs); fourth declension

    1. state, status, condition
    2. position, place
    3. rank, status
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    4. (New Latin) state (a political division retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
      Status Papae ― The Papal States, the name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy
      Status Ecclēsiasticus ― The Papal State, an alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy
      Status Pontificus ― The Papal State, yet another alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy
      Statūs Ūnītī Americae ― A New Latin translation of the United States; cf. Cīvitātēs Foederātae Americae.
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    Derived terms
    • statuō
    • status nātūrae
    Descendants

    References

    • “status”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “status”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "status", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

    Lithuanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /staˈtus/

    Adjective

    statùs m (feminine stati̇̀) stress pattern 4

    1. steep, precipitous
      status kalnas - a steep mountain

    Declension

    Related terms

    (Adjectives)

    • stačias

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Latin status.

    Noun

    status m (definite singular statusen, indefinite plural statuser, definite plural statusene)

    1. status

    Derived terms

    • bystatus
    • statussymbol

    References

    • “status” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Latin status.

    Noun

    status m (definite singular statusen, indefinite plural statusar, definite plural statusane)

    1. status

    Derived terms

    • bystatus
    • statussymbol

    References

    • “status” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

    Polish

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin status.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsta.tus/
    • Rhymes: -atus
    • Syllabification: sta‧tus

    Noun

    status m inan

    1. status (person’s position or standing)
      Synonyms: położenie, pozycja
    2. (law) status (legal condition)
    3. importance, weight
      Synonyms: funkcja, ranga, znaczenie

    Declension

    Further reading

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

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from Latin status. Doublet of estado.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    status m (invariable)

    1. (sociology) status; standing (a person’s importance relative to others)
      Synonym: estatuto
    2. status; state (a condition at some point in time)
      Synonym: estado
    3. status; prestige

    Quotations

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:status.

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin status.

    Noun

    status n (plural statusuri)

    1. state, status, condition

    Declension

    Romansch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin status.

    Noun

    status m

    1. status

    Synonyms

    • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) stadi

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin status.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /stǎːtus/
    • Hyphenation: sta‧tus

    Noun

    státus m (Cyrillic spelling ста́тус)

    1. status, rank

    Declension

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /esˈtatus/ [esˈt̪a.t̪us]
    • Rhymes: -atus

    Noun

    status m (plural status)

    1. Alternative spelling of estatus

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Latin status.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    status c

    1. status (state)
    2. status ((high) social standing)

    Declension

    Related terms

    • statusjakt
    • statussymbol

    References

    • status in Svensk ordbok (SO)
    • status in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
    • status in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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