stat

English

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Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæt/

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• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Latin statim (“immediately”).

Adverb

stat (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Immediately; now.

Translations

Adjective

stat (not comparable)

1. (medicine) With no delay; at once.

   stat dose

Etymology 2

Clipping of statistic.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (especially in the plural) Clipping of statistic.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in Rail, number 947, page 57:

     There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways.

Derived terms

Verb

stat (third-person singular simple present stats, present participle statting, simple past and past participle statted)

1. (transitive, chiefly sports, informal) To collect or interpret statistics related to (a match etc.).
   • 2014 September 16, Sam King, “Purdue volleyball notes: Madness in Mackey Arena”, in Journal & Courier‎:

     "I went back and statted that match," Shondell said. "Seventy percent of the points, we either finished them with a kill or making an error. So we were in control, it's just that we weren't in control the way we needed to be on a regular basis."

   • 2015 July 27, Joe Gorman, “The stats guru helping keep alive football history in Australia”, in The Guardian‎:

     The most important part of the collection, however, is Howe’s folders of stats. […] All up, he reckons he’s statted over 10,000 Australian matches at all levels. It’s all been digitised now, of course, but to this day Howe maintains a hand-written record.

2. (transitive, roleplaying games, slang) To assign statistics to (a monster etc. in a game).

   Synonym: stat out

   If you stat it, they will kill it.

Etymology 3

Clipping of statutory.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (Canada, informal) A statutory public holiday (also as stat holiday).

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Clipping of photostat.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (informal) Clipping of photostat.

Verb

stat (third-person singular simple present stats, present participle statting, simple past and past participle statted)

1. (informal) Clipping of photostat.
   • 2009, Kevin Tinsley, Digital Prepress for Comic Books, New York, NY: Stickman Graphics, →ISBN, page 96:

     These overlays were then statted using a screen of etched glass to break up the solid black into small rows of black dots. A different sized screen was used to create a different sized dot for each percentage.

See also

Anagrams

• TATs, Tats, Tsat, tast, tats

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• statu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian stato or Latin status.

Noun

stat n (plural staturi)

1. state, country

See also

• crat, duvleti, vãsilii, amirãrilji

Etymology 2

From Latin status. Compare Romanian stat.

Adjective

stat m (feminine statã)

1. (masculine singular past passive participle of stau used as an adjective) stayed, stopped, remained; stood
2. resided

Synonyms

• stãtut

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English statistics, reinforced by English stat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛt̚²/

Noun

stat

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang) statistics (mathematical science)

Synonyms

• 統計學／统计学 (tǒngjìxué)

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin status.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key):
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key):

Noun

stat m (plural statys or statow)

1. (politics) state, polity
2. situation, state, affair
3. estate

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 173

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

Noun

stat c (singular definite staten, plural indefinite stater)

1. A state (polity).

Inflection

Derived terms

• delstat

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin stātus.

Noun

stat m (plural stac)

1. A state.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /stat/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stat/,

Verb

stat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of stō

Maltese

Alternative forms

• istat (after the article)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian statu and/or Italian stato, both from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staːt/
• Homophone: stad

Noun

stat m (plural stati)

1. state (condition)
2. state, country, government

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch stat, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi. The umlauted form stēde derives from Old Dutch stedi, a variant which hadn't lost the final -i.

Noun

stat f or m

1. place
2. position, station (of duty)
3. rank, status
4. space, room
5. city

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• stēde (Flemish, Hollandic)

Descendants

• Dutch: stad, stede, stee (bedstee)
  • Afrikaans: stad
• Limburgish: staad

Further reading

• “stat, stede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stat”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• staat, state

Etymology

From Old French estat, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staːt/

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. condition

Descendants

• English: state
• Yola: state

References

• “stāt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German stat (“state, rank”), from Latin status (“fixed, set, regular”), perfect passive participle of sistō (“I cause to stand, set, place”), from Proto-Italic *sistō (“stand, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up, to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”), and also the perfect passive participle of stō, from the same root.

Noun

stat m (definite singular staten, indefinite plural stater, definite plural statene)

1. a state

Derived terms

References

• “stat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːt/

Noun

stat m (definite singular staten, indefinite plural statar, definite plural statane)

1. a state, country

   Frankrike er ein av dei største statane i Europa.

   France is one of the largest countries of Europe.

2. (definite form) the government, authorities

   Eg har fått meg jobb i staten.

   I have got a job working for the government.

Derived terms

References

• “stat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stadi.

Noun

stat f

1. place, location
2. house, abode
3. town, inhabited place

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• stedi

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stat, stede
  • Dutch: stad, stede, stee

Further reading

• “stat, stedi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis, an extension of *steh₂- and, thus, related to stehen and Stuhl.

Noun

stat

1. place, site, spot
2. place, settlement (but yet without any restriction to “town, city”, for which burg)

Descendants

• Middle High German: stat
  • Bavarian: Stådt, Stättn
  • German: Stadt, Statt, Stätte
  • Luxembourgish: Stad
  • Yiddish: שטאָט (shtot)

References

• stat in Gerhard Köbler's 2006 Neuhochdeutsch-althochdeutsches Wörterbuch

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch stad.

Noun

stat

1. city, town

Piedmontese

Etymology

Fro Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stat/

Noun

stat m

1. state

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stat/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian stato or Latin stātus.

Noun

stat n (plural state)

1. state, government

   Synonyms: țară, guvern, regim

Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin stātus.

Noun

stat n (plural state)

1. state, condition

   Synonyms: stare, condiție

2. situation, position

   Synonyms: situație, poziție

3. class; category; stature

   Synonym: clasă

4. list

   Synonyms: listă, tabel

Declension

Verb

stat

1. past participle of sta

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːt/

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Noun

stat c

1. A state; a nation.
2. A state; a government; collectively about the ruling hierarchy of a country.
3. A state; part of a federation.
4. (uncountable) A salary paid in kind, usually in combination with a small amount in cash, for agricultural workers abolished with the end of October 1945 (through a collective bargaining agreement). Formerly of wider use, for instance also for some civil servants.

Declension

Synonyms

• (in a federation): delstat, förbundsstat (chiefly about German states)

Derived terms

See also

(nation, government):

• förstatliga
• statlig

(salary):

• statare

References

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

Anagrams

• satt

Tok Pisin

Verb

stat

1. A tense marker that shows that an action is beginning by preceding the verb

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ستاد (stad), from French stade, from Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Noun

stat (definite accusative stadı, plural statlar)

1. stadium

Declension

Synonyms

• stadyum