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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French stature, from Latin statūra.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃ.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: stat‧ure
Noun[edit]
stature (countable and uncountable, plural statures)
- A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
- Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
- 2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Mount's cool finish from Kane's pass after Raheem Sterling intercepted Berat Djimsiti's pass was another illustration of his growing stature and Chelsea's rising star must surely be a certain starter when England open their Euro 2020 finals campaign against Croatia at Wembley on 13 June.
- (obsolete) Statue.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IV, scene ii:
- The golden ſtature of their feathered bird
That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,
Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.
Translations[edit]
a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
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respect coming from achievement or development
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References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “stature”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
stature f (plural statures)
- stature (height)
Further reading[edit]
- “stature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
stature f
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
statūre
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
stature (plural statures)
- stature (height, tallness)
Descendants[edit]
- English: stature
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