stature

English

Etymology

From Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstætʃ.əɹ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstætʃ.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ)

Noun

stature (countable and uncountable, plural statures)

A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
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)

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

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)

Italian: ^{(please verify)} statura (it) f
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} стас m (stas)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estatura (es)

References

“stature” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

Sautter, Steuart, astuter, rutates

Italian

Noun

stature f

plural of statura

Anagrams

sturate, turaste, urtaste

Latin

Participle

statūre

vocative masculine singular of statūrus

Middle English

Noun

stature (plural statures)

stature (height, tallness)

Descendants

English: stature

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