stature

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French stature, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin statūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstætʃ.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstætʃ.ɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: stat‧ure

Noun

stature (countable and uncountable, plural statures)

1. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
2. Respect coming from achievement or development.

Translations

a person or animal's natural height when standing upright

• Azerbaijani: boy (az)
• Bashkir: буй (buy)
• Bulgarian: ръст (bg) (rǎst), височина (bg) (visočina)
• Catalan: estatura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 身高 (zh) (shēngāo)

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• Galician: estatura f, talla f
• German: Körper(grösse f Statur (de) f
• Latin: statūra f
• Maori: hanga
• Polish: (of a person) wzrost (pl) m

respect coming from achievement or development

• Bulgarian: велѝчие (bg) (velìčie), велича̀вост (veličàvost)
• Catalan: talla (ca) f
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• Polish: wysoka pozycja f

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} قَامَة f (qāma)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Statur (de) f
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} termet (hu)
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} statura (it) f
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} стас m (stas)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estatura (es)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stature”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Sautter, Steuart, astuter, rutates

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Italian

Noun

stature f

1. plural of statura

Anagrams

• sturate, turaste, urtaste

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) statūre

1. vocative masculine singular of statūrus

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Middle English

Noun

stature (plural statures)

1. stature (height, tallness)

Descendants

• English: stature