status quo

English

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Etymology

From Latin status (“state”) (sometimes used in the ablative "statu") + quō (“in which”), the ablative of quī (“which”). From the Latin in statu quō ante bellum erat (“the way it was before the war”).

Noun

status quo (plural status quos)

1. The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

Related terms

• status in quo
• status quo ante

Translations

the state of things

• Arabic: وضع راهن (ar) (waḍʿ rāhin) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現狀 (cmn), 现状 (cmn) (xiànzhuàng)

• Dutch: status quo (nl)
• Finnish: status quo (fi), vallitseva (fi) tila (fi), nykyinen (fi) tilanne (fi)
• French: statuquo (fr) m, statu quo (fr) m
• German: Status quo (de) m
• Japanese: 現状 (ja) (げんじょう, genjō)

• Khmer: ស្ថានភាពនៅដដែល (km) (stʰaan pʰiep nɨv dɑdael)
• Persian: وضع موجود (fa) (vaz'-e moujud), وضع فعلی (fa) (vaz'-e fe'li)
• Portuguese: status quo (pt) m, statu quo (pt) m
• Romanian: statuquo (ro) n
• Russian: статус-кво (ru) (státus-kvo) m
• Spanish: estado del asunto (es) m

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌstaːtʏs ˈkʋoː/

Noun

status quo m (plural status quo's)

1. status quo