status

See also: Status, státus, and statūs

Contents

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From Latin status.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪt.əs/

• Audio (GB)

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• (US) enPR: stătəs, IPA^(key): /ˈstæt.əs/, /ˈsteɪt.əs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪtəs, -ætəs

NounEdit

status ‎(plural statuses or statūs)

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".‎

Derived termsEdit

• status quo
• status symbol

TranslationsEdit

person’s position or standing

• Arabic: تَرْتِيب ‎(tartīb), دَرَجَة ‎(daraja), رُتْبَة (ar) ‎(rutba), مَرْتَبَة ‎(martaba), مَنْزِلَة ‎(manzila), مَنْصِب (ar) ‎(manṣib)
• Armenian: կարգավիճակ ‎(kargavičak)
• Bashkir: торош ‎(toroš)
• Czech: postavení (cs), životní úroveň
• Dutch: status (nl)
• Estonian: seisund
• Finnish: asema (fi), status (fi)
• French: état (fr) m
• German: Status (de) m
• Greek: υπόσταση (el) f ‎(ypóstasi), θέση (el) f ‎(thési)
• Icelandic: staða f
• Italian: stato (it) m
• Japanese: 地位 (ja) ‎(chii), 身分 (ja) ‎(mibun)

• Korean: 지위 (ko) ‎(jiwi), 신분 (ko) ‎(sinbun)
• Maori: tupu (mi)
• Norwegian: status m
• Persian: جایگاه (fa) ‎(jaygah)
• Portuguese: estatuto (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)
• Dutch: aanzien (nl)

• Finnish: status (fi)
• Korean: 높은 지위 (nopeun jiwi), 신망 (ko) ‎(sinmang)

situation or state of affairs

• Armenian: իրավիճակ (hy) ‎(iravičak)
• Bashkir: хәл ‎(xäl)
• Czech: stav (cs)
• Dutch: status (nl)
• 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)
• 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)
• Portuguese: estado (pt) m
• Romanian: stare (ro) f, situație (ro)
• Russian: положе́ние (ru) n ‎(položénije), состоя́ние (ru) n ‎(sostojánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: статус m ‎(status)
• Turkish: durum (tr)
• Welsh: statws (cy) m

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• 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
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estado m
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} స్థాయి (te) ‎(sthāyi), ^{(please verify)} ప్రతిష్ట (te) ‎(pratiṣṭa), ^{(please verify)} స్థితి (te) ‎(sthiti)

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /statʊs/

NounEdit

status m, inanimate

1. status

DeclensionEdit

Declension of status

	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 termsEdit

• status quo

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DutchEdit

Wikipedia ^nl

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: sta‧tus

EtymologyEdit

From Latin status.

NounEdit

status m ‎(plural statussen, diminutive statusje n)

1. status (all senses)
2. medical file

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EsperantoEdit

VerbEdit

status

1. conditional of stati

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin status.

NounEdit

status

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

DeclensionEdit

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

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

status m ‎(invariable)

1. status (position in society)

ReferencesEdit

• Corriere Della Sera

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

Perfect passive participle of stō ‎(“stand, remain”).

ParticipleEdit

status m ‎(feminine stata, neuter statum); first/second declension

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

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

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

DescendantsEdit

• Albanian: shtet
• Asturian: estáu
• Catalan: estat
• English: estate, state, status
• French: état, été
• Friulian: stât
• Galician: estado
• German: Status
• Irish: stad, eastát
• Italian: stato
• Ladin: stat

• Mirandese: stado
• Occitan: estat
• Old French: estat, esté
• Portuguese: estado
• Romanian: stat
• Romansch: stadi, stedi, stat, status
• Russian: ста́тус ‎(státus)
• Sardinian: istadu, istatu, istau
• Sicilian: statu
• Spanish: estado, estatus
• Venetian: stato, stado

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

status m ‎(genitive statūs); fourth declension

1. state, status, condition
2. position, place
3. rank, status

InflectionEdit

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	status	statūs
genitive	statūs	statuum
dative	statuī	statibus
accusative	statum	statūs
ablative	statū	statibus
vocative	status	statūs

Derived termsEdit

• statuō

ReferencesEdit

• status in Charlton T. Lewis & 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)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin status

NounEdit

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

1. status

Derived termsEdit

• statussymbol

ReferencesEdit

• “status” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin status

NounEdit

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

1. status

Derived termsEdit

• statussymbol

ReferencesEdit

• “status” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

status m (plural status)

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

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:status.

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RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin status.

NounEdit

status m

1. status

SynonymsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) stadi

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

státus m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ста́тус)

1. status, rank

DeclensionEdit

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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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

status m ‎(plural status)

1. status

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

status c

1. status, social standing, rank, situation

DeclensionEdit

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

Related termsEdit

• statusjakt
• statussymbol