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See also: Status, státus, statūs, and Statūs

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

status (countable and uncountable, plural statuses or status)

  1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
    Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
  2. Prestige or high standing.
    • 1957, Gladys Sellew, Paul Hanly Furfey, Sociology and Its Use in Nursing Service, Saunders, page 81:
      The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.
    • 1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
      It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs.
  3. A situation or state of affairs.
    What's the status of the investigation?
    New York is known for its status as a financial center.
    • 2014 March 15, “Turn It Off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:
      If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast's status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
  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.
      He is a status Indian.
  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.
    I'm just about to update my status to "busy".
    • 2012, “Facebook Drama”, performed by Northern Cree:
      I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight
  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

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References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Pronunciation

Noun

status m inan

  1. status

Declension

Derived 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

Dutch

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaː.tʏs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Esperanto

Verb

status

  1. conditional of stati

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Pronunciation

Noun

status

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

Declension

Inflection of status (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative status statukset
genitive statuksen statusten
statuksien
partitive statusta statuksia
illative statukseen statuksiin
singular plural
nominative status statukset
accusative nom. status statukset
gen. statuksen
genitive statuksen statusten
statuksien
partitive statusta statuksia
inessive statuksessa statuksissa
elative statuksesta statuksista
illative statukseen statuksiin
adessive statuksella statuksilla
ablative statukselta statuksilta
allative statukselle statuksille
essive statuksena statuksina
translative statukseksi statuksiksi
abessive statuksetta statuksitta
instructive statuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of status (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative statukseni statukseni
accusative nom. statukseni statukseni
gen. statukseni
genitive statukseni statusteni
statuksieni
partitive statustani statuksiani
inessive statuksessani statuksissani
elative statuksestani statuksistani
illative statukseeni statuksiini
adessive statuksellani statuksillani
ablative statukseltani statuksiltani
allative statukselleni statuksilleni
essive statuksenani statuksinani
translative statuksekseni statuksikseni
abessive statuksettani statuksittani
instructive
comitative statuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative statuksesi statuksesi
accusative nom. statuksesi statuksesi
gen. statuksesi
genitive statuksesi statustesi
statuksiesi
partitive statustasi statuksiasi
inessive statuksessasi statuksissasi
elative statuksestasi statuksistasi
illative statukseesi statuksiisi
adessive statuksellasi statuksillasi
ablative statukseltasi statuksiltasi
allative statuksellesi statuksillesi
essive statuksenasi statuksinasi
translative statukseksesi statuksiksesi
abessive statuksettasi statuksittasi
instructive
comitative statuksinesi

Derived terms

(compounds):

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch status, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • 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.
    • 2020, Nurman Hidaya, Alfianur, Fitriya Handayani, Manajemen dan Kepemimpinan dalam Keperawatan, Indramayu: Adab, →ISBN:
      Kegiatan audit dilakukan oleh kepala ruangan pada status pasien yang telah pulang atau meninggal.
      Audit was done by ward leader on discharged or death patient's medical record.
    • 2018, Anita Daniel, Secangkir Kopi di Sudut Rumah Sakit, Sleman: Diandra Kreatif:
      Suster April menyerahkan status pasien dengan nama Savannah Wiradinata.
      Nurse April brought Savannah Wiradinata's medical record.

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative status stata statum statī statae stata
genitive statī statae statī statōrum statārum statōrum
dative statō statae statō statīs
accusative statum statam statum statōs statās stata
ablative statō statā statō statīs
vocative state stata statum statī statae stata

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
      (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    4. (New Latin) state (a political division retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
      Status PapaeThe Papal States, the name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy
      Status EcclēsiasticusThe Papal State, an alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy
      Status PontificusThe Papal State, yet another alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy
      Statūs Ūnītī AmericaeA New Latin translation of the United States; cf. Cīvitātēs Foederātae Americae.
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative status statūs
    genitive statūs statuum
    dative statuī statibus
    accusative statum statūs
    ablative statū statibus
    vocative status statūs
    Derived terms
    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

    Adjective

    statùs m (feminine statì) stress pattern 4

    1. steep, precipitous
      status kalnas - a steep mountain

    Declension

    (Adjectives)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From Latin status.

    Noun

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

    1. status

    Derived terms

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From Latin status.

    Noun

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

    1. status

    Derived terms

    References

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin status.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsta.tus/
    • Audio:(file)
    • 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

    Declension of status
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative status statusul statusuri statusurile
    genitive-dative status statusului statusuri statusurilor
    vocative statusule statusurilor

    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

    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

    References