stature

From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ɚ/

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• Hyphenation: stat‧ure
• Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ)

stature (countable and uncountable, plural statures)

1. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
2. Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
   • 2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Mount's cool finish from Kane's pass after Raheem Sterling intercepted Berat Djimsiti's pass was another illustration of his growing stature and Chelsea's rising star must surely be a certain starter when England open their Euro 2020 finals campaign against Croatia at Wembley on 13 June.

3. (obsolete) Statue.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene ii:

     The golden ſtature of their feathered bird
     That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,
     Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stature”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• rutates, Sautter, Steuart, astuter, Rattues

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stature f (plural statures)

1. stature (height)

• “stature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

stature f

1. plural of statura

• sturate, stutare, stuterà, testura, turaste, urtaste

stātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of stātūrus

• statur, statour

Borrowed from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

• IPA^(key): /staˈtiu̯r(ə)/

stature (plural statures)

1. stature (height, tallness)

• English: stature

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