status

See also: Status, státus, statūs, and Statūs

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English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin status. A doublet of state and estate. Displaced native Old English hād (“rank, status”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Ireland, General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪ.təs/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪt.əs/, [ˈsteɪɾ.əs]
• (US, Canada, Australia, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt.əs/, [ˈstæɾ.əs]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈstæɪ.təs/, [ˈstæɪɾ.əs]
• (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 or (hypercorrect) stati)

1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

   Synonym: place

   Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.

   • 2026 May 27, Judy Berman, “When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?”, in TIME‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 May 2026:

     This time, there’s no great discrepancy in status; both fiancés are part of the urban, white-collar middle class.

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.

   Near-synonym: footing

   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
• antistatus
• ascribed status
• civil status
• flight status
• high-status
• immunostatus
• in status nascendi
• low-status
• marital status
• master status
• multistatus
• nonstatus
• non-status Indian
• relationship status
• senior status
• serostatus
• social status
• status absolutus
• status ailment
• status bar
• status card
• status conference
• status constructus
• status dramaticus
• status effect
• statusful
• status group
• status Indian
• status in quo
• statusless
• status line
• statusmaxx
• 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
• substatus
• superstatus

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 (turuş)
• Belarusian: стан m (stan), ста́тус m (státus)
• Bulgarian: ста́тус (bg) m (státus), положе́ние (bg) n (položénie), състоя́ние (bg) n (săstojánie)
• 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)
• Māori: tupu (mi), tūranga, mana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: status (no) m

• 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

  Latin: 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)
• Tamil: அந்தஸ்து (ta) (antastu)
• Telugu: స్థానం (te) (sthānaṁ)
• Thai: สถานภาพ (th) (sà-tǎa-ná-pâap)
• Turkish: statü (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: بال (bâl), پره‌سه (perese)

• 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)
• Māori: mana
• Portuguese: status (pt) m
• Turkish: statü (tr)

situation or state of affairs — see also state

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

  Latin: státus (sh) m, stánje (sh) n

• Slovak: stav m
• Slovene: stanje (sl) n, položaj m
• Spanish: 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

• Raymond Williams (1983), “Status”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, 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), 2008–2026

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

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

See also

• prestige
• balance

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstatus/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atus
• Syllabification: sta‧tus

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]‎^[3] (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
• menstatuskan

• status akreditasi
• status aktif
• status asmatikus
• status bawaan
• status capaian
• status darurat
• status diploid
• status epileptikus
• status gizi
• status haploid
• status hidrasi
• status hukum
• status imunisasi
• status kepegawaian
• status kepemilikan
• status kewarganegaraan
• status laten
• status laut
• status limnologis
• status nonaktif
• status otonomi
• status pengiriman
• status perkawinan
• status pesanan
• status pinjaman
• status siaga
• status sosial
• status terakreditasi

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

Learned borrowing 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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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 (“to 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
  • Romansh: 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
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: état
    • 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
  • → Romansh: 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, 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): [stɐˈtʊs]
• Rhymes: -ʊs
• Syllabification: sta‧tùs

Adjective

statùs m (feminine stati̇̀) stress pattern 4

1. steep, precipitous

   status kalnas - a steep mountain

Declension

Non-pronominal forms of statùs

positive degree
neuter		statù
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	statùs	stãtūs		stati̇̀	stãčios
genitive	stataũs	stačių̃		stačiõs	stačių̃
dative	stačiám	stati̇́ems		stãčiai	stačióms
accusative	stãtų	stačiùs		stãčią	stačiàs
instrumental	stačiù	stačiai̇̃s		stačià	stačiomi̇̀s
locative	stačiamè	stačiuosè		stačiojè	stačiosè
vocative	statùs	stãtūs		stati̇̀	stãčios
comparative degree
neuter		stačiaũ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	statèsnis	statesni̇̀		statèsnė	statèsnės
genitive	statèsnio	statesnių̃		statesnė̃s	statesnių̃
dative	statesniám	statesni̇́ems		statèsnei	statesnė̃ms
accusative	statèsnį	statesniùs		statèsnę	statesnès
instrumental	statesniù	statesniai̇̃s		statesnè	statesnėmi̇̀s
locative	statesniamè	statesniuosè		statèsnėje	statesnėsè
superlative degree
neuter		stačiáusia
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	stačiáusias	stačiáusi		stačiáusia	stačiáusios
genitive	stačiáusio	stačiáusių		stačiáusios	stačiáusių
dative	stačiáusiam	stačiáusiems		stačiáusiai	stačiáusioms
accusative	stačiáusią	stačiáusius		stačiáusią	stačiáusias
instrumental	stačiáusiu	stačiáusiais		stačiáusia	stačiáusiomis
locative	stačiáusiame	stačiáusiuose		stačiáusioje	stačiáusiose

Pronominal forms of statùs

positive degree
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	statùsis	stati̇́eji		stačióji	stãčiosios
genitive	stãčiojo	stačių̃jų		stačiõsios	stačių̃jų
dative	stačiájam	stati̇́esiems		stãčiajai	stačiósioms
accusative	stãtųjį	stačiúosius		stãčiąją	stačią́sias
instrumental	stačiúoju	stačiai̇̃siais		stačią́ja	stačiõsiomis
locative	stačiãjame	stačiuõsiuose		stačiõjoje	stačiõsiose
vocative	statùsis	stati̇́eji		stačióji	stãčiosios
comparative degree
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	statesnỹsis	statesni̇́eji		statesnióji	statèsniosios
genitive	statèsniojo	statesnių̃jų		statesniõsios	statesnių̃jų
dative	statesniájam	statesni̇́esiems		statèsniajai	statesniósioms
accusative	statèsnįjį	statesniúosius		statèsniąją	statesnią́sias
instrumental	statesniúoju	statesniai̇̃siais		statesnią́ja	statesniõsiomis
locative	statesniãjame	statesniuõsiuose		statesniõjoje	statesniõsiose
superlative degree
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	stačiáusiasis	stačiáusieji		stačiáusioji	stačiáusiosios
genitive	stačiáusiojo	stačiáusiųjų		stačiáusiosios	stačiáusiųjų
dative	stačiáusiajam	stačiáusiesiems		stačiáusiajai	stačiáusiosioms
accusative	stačiáusiąjį	stačiáusiuosius		stačiáusiąją	stačiáusiąsias
instrumental	stačiáusiuoju	stačiáusiaisiais		stačiáusiąja	stačiáusiosiomis
locative	stačiáusiajame	stačiáusiuosiuose		stačiáusiojoje	stačiáusiosiose

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s

Proto-Italic *status

Latin statuslbor.

Polish status

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^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “status”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s

Proto-Italic *status

Latin statusubor.

Portuguese status

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): /isˈta.tuʃ/, /ˈsta.tuʃ/

• (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)

Further reading

• “status”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “status”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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

Romansh

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

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

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 [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “status”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “status”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)