stat

See also: sTAt, stát, stât, stáť, štát, stať, šťať, and -stat

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæt/

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Latin statim (“immediately”).

Adverb

stat (comparative more stat, superlative most stat)

1. Immediately; now; usually used in medical situations, to connote extreme urgency.

Translations

Immediately, now

• Finnish: oitis (fi), heti (fi)
• Italian: immediatamente (it), di corsa
• Norwegian: øyeblikkelig (no), nå (no)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: já (pt)
• Russian: немедленно (ru) (nemedlenno)
• Spanish: inmediatamente (es)
• Turkish: hemen (tr), derhal (tr)

Adjective

stat (not comparable)

1. (medicine) With no delay; at once.

   stat dose

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (especially in plural) Abbreviation of statistics.

Verb

stat (third-person singular simple present stats, present participle statting, simple past and past participle statted)

1. (slang, roleplaying games, transitive) To assign statistics to (a monster, etc. in a game).

   If you stat it, they will kill it.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (Canada, informal) A statutory public holiday.

Anagrams

• Tats, Tsat, tast, tats

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• statu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian stato or Latin status.

Noun

stat n (plural staturi)

1. state, country

See also

• crat, duvleti, vãsilii, amirãrilji

Etymology 2

From Latin status. Compare Romanian stat.

Adjective

stat m (feminine statã)

1. (masculine singular past passive participle of stau used as an adjective) stayed, stopped, remained; stood
2. resided

Synonyms

• stãtut

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Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

stat c (singular definite staten, plural indefinite stater)

1. A state (polity).

Inflection

Declension of stat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stat	staten	stater	staterne
genitive	stats	statens	staters	staternes

Derived terms

• delstat

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin stātus.

Noun

stat m (plural stac)

1. A state.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) stat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of stō

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch stat, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. The umlauted form stēde derives from Old Dutch stedi, a variant which hadn't lost the final -i.

Noun

stat f or m

1. place
2. position, station (of duty)
3. rank, status
4. space, room
5. city

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• stēde (Flemish, Hollandic)

Descendants

• Dutch: stad, stee (bedstee)
  • Afrikaans: stad
• Limburgish: staad

Further reading

• “stat, stede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stat”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

Noun

stat m (definite singular staten, indefinite plural stater, definite plural statene)

1. a state

Derived terms

Terms derived from stat

• Amerikas forente stater
• bystat
• De forente stater
• delstat
• forbundsstat
• medlemsstat
• nabostat
• statlig

• statsbesøk
• statsborger
• statsbudsjett
• statseid
• statsgjeld
• statskasse
• statskirke
• statskupp

• statsløs
• statsmann
• statsminister
• statsoverhode
• statsreligion
• statssekretær
• statsvitenskap
• velferdsstat

References

• “stat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːt/

Noun

stat m (definite singular staten, indefinite plural statar, definite plural statane)

1. a state, country

   Frankrike er ein av dei største statane i Europa.

   France is one of the largest countries of Europe.

2. (definite form) the government, authorities

   Eg har fått meg jobb i staten.

   I have got a job working for the government.

Derived terms

Terms derived from stat

• bystat
• delstat
• forbundsstat
• medlemsstat
• nabostat
• statleg

• statsbesøk
• statsbudsjett
• statsgjeld
• statskasse
• statskupp
• statsmann

• statsminister
• statsoverhovud
• statsreligion
• statssekretær
• velferdsstat

References

• “stat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

Noun

stat f

1. place, location
2. house, abode
3. town, inhabited place

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• stedi

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stat
  • Dutch: stad

Further reading

• “stat, stedi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis, an extension of *steh₂- and, thus, related to stehen and Stuhl.

Noun

stat

1. A city; a town.
2. A site; a place; a spot.

Synonyms

• (city): burg

Descendants

• German: Stadt, Stätte
• Yiddish: שטאָט (shtot)

References

• stat in Gerhard Köbler's 2006 Neuhochdeutsch-althochdeutsches Wörterbuch

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch stad.

Noun

stat

1. city, town

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stat/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian stato or Latin status.

Noun

stat n (plural state)

1. state, government

Synonyms

• țară, guvern, regim

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin stātus.

Noun

stat n (plural state)

1. state, condition
2. situation, position
3. class; category; stature
4. list

Declension

Declension of stat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) stat	statul	(niște) state	statele
genitive/dative	(unui) stat	statului	(unor) state	statelor
vocative	statule		statelor

Synonyms

• (condition, situation): condiție, situație, poziție
• (class): clasă
• (list): listă, tabel

Verb

stat

1. past participle of sta

See also

• stare

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

stat c

1. A state; a nation.
2. A state; a government; collectively about the ruling hierarchy of a country.
3. A state; part of a federation.
4. (uncountable) A salary paid in kind, usually in combination with a small amount in cash, for agricultural workers abolished with the end of October 1945 (through a collective bargaining agreement). Formerly of wider use, for instance also for some civil servants.

Declension

Declension of stat
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stat	staten	stater	staterna
Genitive	stats	statens	staters	staternas

Synonyms

• (in a federation): delstat, förbundsstat (chiefly about German states)

See also

nation, government

• förstatliga
• statlig
• statschef

salary

• statare

Anagrams

• satt

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Tok Pisin

Verb

stat

1. A tense marker that shows that an action is beginning by preceding the verb

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French stade.

Noun

stat (definite accusative statı, plural statlar)

1. stadium

Synonyms

• stadyum