status

See also: Status, státus, statūs, and Statūs

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, Ireland, New Zealand, General South African, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪ.təs/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• (US, Canada, General Australian, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt.əs/, [ˈstæɾ.əs]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• (Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, many accents) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛː.təs/, /ˈsteː.təs/
• 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, 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

• achieved status
• ascribed status
• civil status
• flight status
• high-status
• in status nascendi
• low-status
• marital status
• master status
• non-status Indian
• relationship status
• senior status
• social status
• status absolutus
• status ailment
• status bar
• status conference
• status constructus
• status dramaticus
• status effect
• status group
• status Indian
• status in quo
• status line
• status mixtus
• status offender
• status offense
• status quo
• status quo ante
• status quoism
• status quoist
• status rectus
• status report
• status strip
• status symbol
• status zer0
• status zero

Descendants

• → Cantonese: status

Translations

person’s position or standing

• Arabic: تَرْتِيب (ar) m (tartīb), دَرَجَة f (daraja), رُتْبَة (ar) f (rutba), مَرْتَبَة f (martaba), مَنْزِلَة f (manzila), مَنْصِب (ar) m (manṣib)
• Armenian: կարգավիճակ (hy) (kargavičak)
• Bashkir: торош (toroş)
• Belarusian: стан m (stan), ста́тус m (státus)
• Bulgarian: ста́тус (bg) m (státus), положе́ние (bg) n (položénie), състоя́ние (bg) n (sǎstojánie)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: postavení (cs) n, životní úroveň f
• Danish: anseende c, status (da) c
• Dutch: status (nl) m
• 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)
• Hindi: पद (hi) m (pad)
• Hungarian: helyzet (hu), státus (hu), pozíció (hu)
• Icelandic: staða f
• Italian: stato (it) m
• Japanese: 地位 (ja) (ちい, chii), 身分 (ja) (みぶん, mibun)
• Kazakh: мәртебе (märtebe), дәреже (däreje), терезе (kk) (tereze)
• Korean: 지위(地位) (ko) (jiwi), 신분(身分) (ko) (sinbun)
• Lao: ສະຖານະພາບ (sa thā na phāp)
• Latin: status (la) m
• Macedonian: статус m (status)
• Maori: tupu (mi), tūranga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: status (no) m

• Ottoman Turkish: بال (bâl)
• Persian: جایگاه (fa) (jâygâh), وضعیت (fa) (vaz'iyyat), وضع (fa) (vaz')
• Polish: status (pl) m
• 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:

  Cyrillic: ста́тус m

  Roman: státus (sh) m

• Shan: ၸၼ်ႉထၢၼ်ႈ (tsâ̰n thāan)
• Slovak: postavenie n, životná úroveň f
• Spanish: estatus (es) m, status (es) m
• Swedish: status (sv) c
• Tajik: вазъият (vaz'iyat)
• Telugu: స్థానం (te) (sthānaṁ)
• Thai: สถานภาพ (th) (sà-tǎa-ná-pâap)
• Turkish: statü (tr)
• Ukrainian: стан (uk) m (stan), ста́тус m (státus)
• Welsh: statws (cy) m

prestige or high standing

• Bashkir: абруй (abruy)
• Bulgarian: ранг (bg) m (rang)
• Danish: anseende n
• Dutch: aanzien (nl)
• Finnish: status (fi)
• German: Ansehen (de) n
• Hindi: प्रतिष्ठा (hi) f (pratiṣṭhā)
• Kazakh: бедел (bedel)
• Korean: 높은 지위 (nopeun jiwi)
• Portuguese: status (pt) m
• Turkish: statü (tr)

situation or state of affairs

• Arabic: حَال m (ḥāl), حَالَة (ar) f (ḥāla), وَضْعِيَّة f (waḍʕiyya)
• Armenian: իրավիճակ (hy) (iravičak)
• Bashkir: хәл (xəl)
• Belarusian: стано́вішча n (stanóvišča), стан m (stan)
• Bulgarian: положе́ние (bg) n (položénie), състоя́ние (bg) n (sǎstojánie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狀態 / 状态 (zh) (zhuàngtài)

• Czech: stav (cs)
• Danish: status (da), nuværende situation c
• Dutch: status (nl)
• Esperanto: stato (eo)
• Estonian: olek, seisund
• Finnish: tila (fi), tilanne (fi)
• French: statut (fr) m, état (fr) m
• German: Stand (de) m, Status (de) m
• Greek: κατάσταση (el) f (katástasi), υπόσταση (el) f (ypóstasi), καθεστώς (el) n (kathestós)
• Hindi: स्थिति (hi) f (sthiti), हालत (hi) f (hālat)
• Hungarian: állás (hu)
• Indonesian: keadaan (id)
• Italian: stato (it) m
• Japanese: 状態 (ja) (じょうたい, jōtai), 様子 (ja) (ようす, yōsu), 有様 (ja) (ありさま, arisama)
• Khmer: ឋានៈ (km) (thaanaʼ), ភាព (km) (phiəp), ស្ថានភាព (km) (səthaanaʼphiəp)
• Korean: 상태(狀態) (ko) (sangtae)
• Macedonian: состојба f (sostojba)
• Persian: وضعیت (fa) (vaz'iyyat), حالت (fa) (hâlat), حال (fa) (hâl)
• Polish: stan (pl) m
• Portuguese: estado (pt) m, status (pt) m
• Romanian: stare (ro) f, situație (ro) f
• Russian: положе́ние (ru) n (položénije), состоя́ние (ru) n (sostojánije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ста́тус m, ста́ње n

  Roman: státus (sh) m, stánje (sh) n

• Slovak: stav m
• Slovene: stanje (sl) n, položaj m
• Spanish: estado (es) m, estatus (es) m, status (es) m
• Swedish: status (sv) c, nuläge (sv) n
• Tajik: вазъият (vaz'iyat), ҳолат (holat), ҳол (hol)
• Tamil: நிலைமை (ta) (nilaimai), நிலை (ta) (nilai)
• Thai: สถานะ (th) (sà-tǎa-ná), สภาพ (th) (sà-pâap)
• Turkish: durum (tr)
• Ukrainian: стано́вище n (stanóvyšče), стан (uk) m (stan)
• Urdu: حالَت f (hālat)
• Vietnamese: trạng thái (vi)
• Welsh: statws (cy) m

legal condition

• Finnish: oikeusasema
• Hungarian: jogállás (hu), jogviszony (hu)

social networking: function of some instant messaging applications

• Danish: status (da) c
• Finnish: tila (fi)
• German: Status (de) m
• Greek: κατάταση f (katátasi)
• Hungarian: állapot (hu)
• Turkish: durum (tr)

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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} وَضْع اِجْتِمَاعِيّ m (waḍʕ ijtimāʕiyy)
• 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) (vaze'yet)
• 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

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

• 報status / 报status
• A0
• O1

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstatus]

Noun

status m inan

1. status

Declension

Declension of status (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	status	statusy
genitive	statusu	statusů
dative	statusu	statusům
accusative	status	statusy
vocative	statuse	statusy
locative	statusu	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
• statistický
• statistik
• statistika
• stativ
• statut
• statutární
• stát
• státní
• státník
• státotvorný
• stáž
• substance
• substantivní
• substantivum
• substituce
• substitut
• zestátnit

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

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsdæːtus]

Noun

status c (singular definite statussen or statusen, plural indefinite statusser or statuser)

1. status (condition)
   1. (accounting) a company's statements of assets and liabilities (annual accounts)
2. status (station, social standing)

Noun

Declension of status

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	status	statussen statusen	statusser statuser	statusserne statuserne
genitive	status'	statussens statusens	statussers statusers	statussernes statusernes

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• diplomatstatus
• flygtningestatus
• kultstatus
• status quo
• statuskonto
• statuslag
• statusopdatering
• statusopgørelse
• statusrapport
• statussymbol
• stjernestatus

Further reading

• “status” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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

• beschermingsstatus
• cultstatus
• gedoogstatus
• grootmachtstatus
• junkstatus
• kredietstatus
• ontheemdenstatus
• status quo
• statusangst
• statusbalk
• statusblik
• statushouder
• statussymbool
• statuswet
• statuszucht
• verblijfsstatus
• vluchtelingenstatus
• vreemdelingenstatus

Descendants

• → Indonesian: status

Esperanto

Verb

status

1. conditional of stati

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑtus/, [ˈs̠tɑ̝t̪us̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑtus
• Syllabification^(key): sta‧tus
• Hyphenation^(key): sta‧tus

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 first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative statuksemme statuksemme accusative nom. statuksemme statuksemme gen. statuksemme genitive statuksemme statustemme statuksiemme partitive statustamme statuksiamme inessive statuksessamme statuksissamme elative statuksestamme statuksistamme illative statukseemme statuksiimme adessive statuksellamme statuksillamme ablative statukseltamme statuksiltamme allative statuksellemme statuksillemme essive statuksenamme statuksinamme translative statukseksemme statuksiksemme abessive statuksettamme statuksittamme instructive — — comitative — statuksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative statuksenne statuksenne accusative nom. statuksenne statuksenne gen. statuksenne genitive statuksenne statustenne statuksienne partitive statustanne statuksianne inessive statuksessanne statuksissanne elative statuksestanne statuksistanne illative statukseenne statuksiinne adessive statuksellanne statuksillanne ablative statukseltanne statuksiltanne allative statuksellenne statuksillenne essive statuksenanne statuksinanne translative statukseksenne statuksiksenne abessive statuksettanne statuksittanne instructive — — comitative — statuksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative statuksensa statuksensa accusative nom. statuksensa statuksensa gen. statuksensa genitive statuksensa statustensa statuksiensa partitive statustaan statustansa statuksiaan statuksiansa inessive statuksessaan statuksessansa statuksissaan statuksissansa elative statuksestaan statuksestansa statuksistaan statuksistansa illative statukseensa statuksiinsa adessive statuksellaan statuksellansa statuksillaan statuksillansa ablative statukseltaan statukseltansa statuksiltaan statuksiltansa allative statukselleen statuksellensa statuksilleen statuksillensa essive statuksenaan statuksenansa statuksinaan statuksinansa translative statuksekseen statukseksensa statuksikseen statuksiksensa abessive statuksettaan statuksettansa statuksittaan statuksittansa instructive — — comitative — statuksineen statuksinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• statusrakenne
• statussymboli

Further reading

• “status”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• tassut

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch status, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈstatus/ [ˈst̪a.t̪ʊs]
• Rhymes: -atus
• Syllabification: 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

• berstatus

• status diploid
• status gizi
• status limnologis
• status sosial

Related terms

• statuta
• statuter

Further reading

• “status”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsta.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstaː.tus]

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-Italic *status, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téws. 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 Papae ― The Papal States, the name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

   Status Ecclēsiasticus ― The Papal State, an alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

   Status Pontificus ― The Papal State, yet another alternative name of the former territory controlled by the Pope in Italy

   Statūs Ūnītī Americae ― A 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

• statuō
• status nātūrae

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: istadu, istatu, istau
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: stat
  • Romanian: stat
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: statu
    • Gallurese: statu
  • Italian: stato
    • → Aromanian: stat (polity)
    • → Romanian: stat (polity)
  • Neapolitan: stato
  • Sicilian: statu
    • → Maltese: stat
  • Venetan: stato, stado
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: stât
  • Ladin: stat
  • Romansch: stadi, stedi, stat
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: stè, stê
  • Ligurian: stâto
  • Lombard: stat
  • Piedmontese: stat
  • Romagnol: stèt
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: estat
  • Occitan: estat
  • Old French: esté
    • Middle French: esté
      • Bourguignon: étai
      • French: été
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Mirandese: stado
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: estado
    • Fala: estau
    • Galician: estado
    • Portuguese: estado
  • Spanish: estado
  • →? Asturian: estáu
• Borrowings:
  • →? Albanian: shtet
  • → Azerbaijani: status
  • → Bulgarian: статус (status)
  • → Catalan: estatus
  • → Cornish: stat
  • → Czech: status
  • → Dutch: status
    • → Indonesian: status
  • → English: status
    • → Cantonese: status
  • → Esperanto: stato
  • → Finnish: status
  • → German: Status
  • → Ido: stato
  • → Interlingua: stato
  • → Irish: stad, stádas
  • → Italian: status
  • → Middle Low German: stat
    • → Danish: stat
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: stat
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: stat
    • → Swedish: stat
    • → Polabian: stat
  • → Macedonian: статус (status)
  • → Old French: estat, astat (rare)
    • Bourguignon: était
    • Middle French: estat
      • French: état
        • Haitian Creole: eta
    • Norman: êtat
    • Walloon: estat
    • → English: estate, state
    • → Middle Dutch: staet
      • Dutch: staat
        • Afrikaans: staat
        • → Indonesian: setat
        • → Papiamentu: staat (dated)
        • → Peranakan Indonesian: staat
      • → Middle Low German: stāt
        • → German: Staat
          • → Esperanto: ŝtato
          • → Russian: штат (štat)
  • → Polish: status
  • → Portuguese: status
  • → Romanian: status
  • → Romansch: status
  • → Russian: ста́тус (státus)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ста́тус, status
  • → Spanish: estatus
  • → Welsh: ystad

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

• IPA^(key): /staˈtus/

Adjective

statùs m (feminine stati̇̀) 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

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.

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.

Polish

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

Declension of status

	singular	plural
nominative	status	statusy
genitive	statusu	statusów
dative	statusowi	statusom
accusative	status	statusy
instrumental	statusem	statusami
locative	statusie	statusach
vocative	statusie	statusy

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.tus/, /ˈsta.tus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.tus/, /ˈsta.tus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈta.tuʃ/, /ˈsta.tuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tus/, /isˈta.tus/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tuʃ/

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
   • 2007, Márcia Tolotti, As Armadilhas do Consumo, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 51:

     O desejo por status pode ser considerado, no seu extremo, uma doença moderna e coletiva. Isso ocorre quando a falta ou a escassez de bens materiais representa um autodesprezo e uma prova de inferioridade.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Noun

status n (plural statusuri)

1. state, status, condition

Declension

	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 inan (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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstatus/ [ˈst̪a.t̪us]
  • Rhymes: -atus
  • Syllabification: sta‧tus
• IPA^(key): /esˈtatus/ [esˈt̪a.t̪us]
  • Rhymes: -atus

Noun

status m (plural status)

1. alternative spelling of estatus

Further reading

Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “status”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin status.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

status c

1. status (state)
2. status ((high) social standing)

Declension

Declension of status

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	status	status
	definite	statusen	statusens
plural	indefinite	statusar	statusars
	definite	statusarna	statusarnas

Related terms

• statusjakt
• statussymbol

References

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