status

See also: Status, státus, and statūs

English

Etymology

From Latin status. Doublet of state and estate.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪt.əs/

• Audio (GB)

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• (US, Canada, General Australian) enPR: stătəs, IPA^(key): /ˈstæt.əs/

• Audio (US)

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• 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.

   Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.

2. Prestige or high standing.
   • 1957, Gladys Sellew and 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.

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, almost always used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian Indian) of being registered under the Indian Act.

      He is a status Indian.

5. (social networking) 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".

6. (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

Derived terms

• status quo
• status symbol

Translations

person’s position or standing

• Arabic: تَرْتِيب‎ (tartīb), دَرَجَة‎ (daraja), رُتْبَة‎ (ar) (rutba), مَرْتَبَة‎ (martaba), مَنْزِلَة‎ (manzila), مَنْصِب‎ (ar) (manṣib)
• Armenian: կարգավիճակ (hy) (kargavičak)
• Bashkir: торош (toroš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地位 (zh) (dìwèi), 身份 (zh) (shēnfèn)

• Czech: postavení (cs), životní úroveň
• Danish: anseende c, status (da) c
• Dutch: status (nl)
• Esperanto: prestiĝo (eo)
• Estonian: seisund
• Finnish: asema (fi), status (fi)
• French: état (fr) m
• German: Status (de) m
• Greek: υπόσταση (el) f (ypóstasi), θέση (el) f (thési)
• Hungarian: helyzet (hu), státus, pozíció (hu)
• Icelandic: staða f

• Italian: stato (it) m
• Japanese: 地位 (ja) (chii), 身分 (ja) (mibun)
• Korean: 지위 (ko) (jiwi), 신분 (ko) (sinbun)
• Latin: status (la) m
• Maori: tupu (mi), tūranga
• Norwegian: status (no) m
• Persian: جایگاه‎ (fa) (jaygah)
• Portuguese: status (pt) m
• Romanian: statut (ro) n, poziție (ro) (a cuiva)
• Russian: положе́ние (ru) n (položénije), состоя́ние (ru) n (sostojánije), ста́тус (ru) m (státus)
• Serbo-Croatian: статус m (status)
• Swedish: status (sv) c
• Telugu: స్థానం (te) (sthānaṃ)
• Turkish: statü (tr)
• Welsh: statws (cy) m

prestige or high standing

• Bashkir: абруй (abruy)
• Danish: anseende n
• Dutch: aanzien (nl)
• Finnish: status (fi)
• German: Ansehen (de) n

• Korean: 높은 지위 (nopeun jiwi), 신망 (ko) (sinmang)
• Portuguese: status (pt) m

situation or state of affairs

• Armenian: իրավիճակ (hy) (iravičak)
• Bashkir: хәл (xäl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 状态 (zh) (zhuàngtài)

• Czech: stav (cs)
• Danish: status (da), nuværende situtation c
• Dutch: status (nl)
• Esperanto: stato (eo)
• Estonian: olek, seisund
• Finnish: tila (fi), tilanne (fi)
• German: Stand (de) m, Status (de) m
• Greek: κατάσταση (el) f (katástasi), υπόσταση (el) f (ypóstasi), καθεστώς (el) n (kathestós)
• Hungarian: állás (hu)
• Indonesian: keadaan (id)

• Italian: stato (it) m
• Japanese: 状態 (ja) (jōtai), 様子 (ja) (yōsu), 有様 (arisama)
• Korean: 상태 (ko) (sangtae), 사정 (ko) (sajeong), 사태 (ko) (satae)
• Polish: stan (pl) m
• Portuguese: estado (pt) m, status (pt) m
• Romanian: stare (ro) f, situație (ro)
• Russian: положе́ние (ru) n (položénije), состоя́ние (ru) n (sostojánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: статус m (status), stanje (sh) n
• Spanish: estado (es) m
• Swedish: status (sv) c, nuläge (sv) n
• Turkish: durum (tr)
• Welsh: statws (cy) m

legal condition

• Finnish: oikeusasema

• Hungarian: jogállás (hu), jogviszony

social networking: function of some instant messaging applications

• Danish: status (da) c
• Finnish: tila (fi)

• Hungarian: állapot (hu)

medicine: prolonged attack of asthma or epilepsy

• Finnish: status (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} وَضْع اِجْتِمَاعِيّ‎ m (waḍʿ ijtimāʿiyy)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} statuso
• French: ^{(please verify)} statut (fr) m
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} स्तिथि (stithi)

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} oireachas m
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} وضعیت‎ (fa) (vadiyet)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} inbhe f
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} స్థాయి (te) (sthāyi), ^{(please verify)} ప్రతిష్ట (te) (pratiṣṭa), ^{(please verify)} స్థితి (te) (sthiti)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• suttas

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Catalan

Noun

status m (plural status)

1. Alternative spelling of estatus

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Czech

Etymology

Latin sto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /status/

Noun

status m, inanimate

1. status

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	status	statusy
genitive	statusu	statusů
dative	statusu	statusům
accusative	status	statusy
vocative	statuse	statusy
locative	statusu, statuse	statusech
instrumental	statusem	statusy

Derived terms

• status quo

Related terms

→

• arest
• arestovat
• distance
• distancovat
• etatismus
• instance
• instantní
• instituce
• instituovat
• institut
• konstanta
• konstantní
• konstatovat
• konstituce
• konstituovat
• prostituce
• prostituovat
• prostitut
• prostitutka
• restituce
• restituent
• restituovat
• stabilita
• stabilizace
• stabilizátor
• stabilizovat
• stabilní
• stacionární
• stacionář
• stát
• statistický
• statistik
• statistika
• stativ
• státní
• státník
• státotvorný
• statut
• statutární
• stáž
• substance
• substantivní
• substantivum
• substituce
• substitut
• zestátnit

Further reading

• status in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• status in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin status.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: sta‧tus

Noun

status m (plural statussen, diminutive statusje n)

1. status (all senses)
2. medical file

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Esperanto

Verb

status

1. conditional of stati

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Noun

status

1. status (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
instructive		—	statuksin
abessive		statuksetta	statuksitta
comitative		—	statuksineen

Anagrams

• tassut

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Italian

Noun

status m (invariable)

1. status (position in society)

References

• Corriere Della Sera

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tus/, [ˈst̪a.t̪ʊs]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of sistō (“I cause to stand, set, place”).

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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	status	stata	statum		statī	statae	stata
Genitive	statī	statae	statī		statōrum	statārum	statōrum
Dative	statō		statō		statīs
Accusative	statum	statam	statum		statōs	statās	stata
Ablative	statō	statā	statō		statīs
Vocative	state	stata	statum		statī	statae	stata

Descendants

• Albanian: shtet
• Asturian: estáu
• Bourguignon: était
• Catalan: estat; → estatus
• → French: état, été
• Friulian: stât
• Galician: estado
• Italian: stato; → status
• Ladin: stat
• Mirandese: stado
• Occitan: estat
• Old French: esté
• → Old French: estat
  • Anglo-Norman: estat
    • → English: estate
    • Irish: eastát
  • → English: state
  • → German: Staat
  • → Dutch: staat
• Portuguese: estado; → status
• Romanian: stat; → status
• Romansch: stadi, stedi, stat; → status
• Sardinian: istadu, istatu, istau
• Sicilian: statu
• Spanish: estado; → estatus
• Venetian: stato, stado
• → English: status
• → German: Status
• → Irish: stad
• → Russian: ста́тус (státus)

Etymology 2

Noun

status m (genitive statūs); fourth declension

1. state, status, condition
2. position, place
3. rank, status
4. (Medieval 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 States, an alternate name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

     Status Pontificius

     The Papal States, yet another alternate name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

     Statūs Ūnītī Americae

     A New Latin translation of the United States; compare to older Civitates Foederatae Americae.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	status	statūs
Genitive	statūs	statuum
Dative	statuī	statibus
Accusative	statum	statūs
Ablative	statū	statibus
Vocative	status	statūs

Derived terms

• statuō

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, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to disconcert a person: animum alicuius de statu, de gradu demovere (more strongly depellere, deturbare)
    
  • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
    
  • (ambiguous) my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: meliorem in statum redigor
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore a man to his former position: aliquem in antiquum statum, in pristinum restituere
    
  • (ambiguous) a periodically recurring (annual) sacrifice: sacrificium statum (solemne) (Tusc. 1. 47. 113)
    
  • (ambiguous) to restore the ancient constitution: rem publicam in pristinum statum restituere
    
  • (ambiguous) to endanger the existence of the state: statum rei publicae convellere
    

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈtus/

Adjective

statùs m (feminine statì) stress pattern 4

1. steep, precipitous

   status kalnas - a steep mountain

Declension

non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of status

positive degree
neuter		statu
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	status	statūs		stati	stačios
genitive	stataus	stačių		stačios	stačių
dative	stačiam	statiems		stačiai	stačioms
accusative	statų	stačius		stačią	stačias
instrumental	stačiu	stačiais		stačia	stačiomis
locative	stačiame	stačiuose		stačioje	stačiose
vocative	status	statūs		stati	stačios
comparative degree
neuter		stačiau
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	statesnis	statesni		statesnė	statesnės
genitive	statesnio	statesnių		statesnės	statesnių
dative	statesniam	statesniems		statesnei	statesnėms
accusative	statesnį	statesnius		statesnę	statesnes
instrumental	statesniu	statesniais		statesne	statesnėmis
locative	statesniame	statesniuose		statesnėje	statesnėse
superlative degree
neuter		stačiausia
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	stačiausias	stačiausi		stačiausia	stačiausios
genitive	stačiausio	stačiausių		stačiausios	stačiausių
dative	stačiausiam	stačiausiems		stačiausiai	stačiausioms
accusative	stačiausią	stačiausius		stačiausią	stačiausias
instrumental	stačiausiu	stačiausiais		stačiausia	stačiausiomis
locative	stačiausiame	stačiausiuose		stačiausioje	stačiausiose

pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of status

positive degree
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	statusis	statieji		stačioji	stačiosios
genitive	stačiojo	stačiųjų		stačiosios	stačiųjų
dative	stačiajam	statiesiems		stačiajai	stačiosioms
accusative	statųjį	stačiuosius		stačiąją	stačiąsias
instrumental	stačiuoju	stačiaisiais		stačiąja	stačiosiomis
locative	stačiajame	stačiuosiuose		stačiojoje	stačiosiose
vocative	statusis	statieji		stačioji	stačiosios
comparative degree
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	statesnysis	statesnieji		statesnioji	statesniosios
genitive	statesniojo	statesniųjų		statesniosios	statesniųjų
dative	statesniajam	statesniesiems		statesniajai	statesniosioms
accusative	statesnįjį	statesniuosius		statesniąją	statesniąsias
instrumental	statesniuoju	statesniaisiais		statesniąja	statesniosiomis
locative	statesniajame	statesniuosiuose		statesniojoje	statesniosiose
superlative degree
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	stačiausiasis	stačiausieji		stačiausioji	stačiausiosios
genitive	stačiausiojo	stačiausiųjų		stačiausiosios	stačiausiųjų
dative	stačiausiajam	stačiausiesiems		stačiausiajai	stačiausiosioms
accusative	stačiausiąjį	stačiausiuosius		stačiausiąją	stačiausiąsias
instrumental	stačiausiuoju	stačiausiaisiais		stačiausiąja	stačiausiosiomis
locative	stačiausiajame	stačiausiuosiuose		stačiausiojoje	stačiausiosiose

Related terms

(Adjectives)

• stačias

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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.

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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.

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Portuguese

Noun

status m (plural status)

1. status; standing (a person’s importance relative to others)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:status.

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Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Noun

status m

1. status

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) stadi

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

státus m (Cyrillic spelling ста́тус)

1. status, rank

Declension

Declension of status

	singular	plural
nominative	status	statusi
genitive	statusa	statusa
dative	statusu	statusima
accusative	status	statuse
vocative	statuse	statusi
locative	statusu	statusima
instrumental	statusom	statusima

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Spanish

Noun

status m (plural status)

1. Alternative spelling of estatus

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

status c

1. status, social standing, rank, situation

Declension

Declension of status
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	status	statusen	statusar	statusarna
Genitive	status	statusens	statusars	statusarnas

Related terms

• statusjakt
• statussymbol