stat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "stat"

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæt/

• Audio (Australia):

  (file)

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin statim (“immediately”).

Adverb

stat (not comparable)

1. (medicine, informal) Immediately; now.
2. (slang, humorous, by extension) Immediately.
   • 2022 June 27, Megan Uy, “Where to Get That Cute Tie-Dye Hoodie on ‘Only Murders in the Building’”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 July 2026:

     TBH, I’d get to shopping STAT because these hoodies will for sure sell like hotcakes once season 2 premieres on June 28. So make sure to snag one for yourself before they sell out and mark your calendar for the big day!

Translations

Immediately, now

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 即刻 (zh) (jíkè)

• Estonian: kohe, koheselt, kohemaid, jalamaid (et), nüüd (et)
• Finnish: oitis (fi), heti (fi)
• French: maintenant (fr), là (fr), tout de suite (fr)
• Italian: immediatamente (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: med en gang, nå (no), umiddelbart, øyeblikkelig (no)

• Polish: już (pl), natychmiast (pl)
• Portuguese: já (pt)
• Russian: немедленно (ru) (nemedlenno)
• Spanish: inmediatamente (es), ya (es)
• Turkish: hemen (tr), derhal (tr)

Adjective

stat (not comparable)

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

   stat dose

Etymology 2

Clipping of statistic.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (especially in the plural) Clipping of statistic.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in Rail, number 947, page 57:

     There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways.

Derived terms

• downstat
• dump stat
• outstat
• stathead
• stat padder
• stat padding
• statty
• stat whore
• statwise
• upstat

Verb

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

1. (transitive, chiefly sports, informal) To collect or interpret statistics related to (a match etc.).
   • 2014 September 16, Sam King, “Purdue volleyball notes: Madness in Mackey Arena”, in Journal & Courier‎^[2]:

     "I went back and statted that match," Shondell said. "Seventy percent of the points, we either finished them with a kill or making an error. So we were in control, it's just that we weren't in control the way we needed to be on a regular basis."

   • 2015 July 27, Joe Gorman, “The stats guru helping keep alive football history in Australia”, in The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     The most important part of the collection, however, is Howe’s folders of stats. […] All up, he reckons he’s statted over 10,000 Australian matches at all levels. It’s all been digitised now, of course, but to this day Howe maintains a hand-written record.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

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

   Synonym: stat out

   If you stat it, they will kill it.

Etymology 3

Clipping of statutory.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (Canada, informal) A statutory public holiday (also as stat holiday).

Derived terms

• stat dec
• stat max

Etymology 4

Clipping of photostat.

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. (informal) Clipping of photostat.
   • 1983 February 12, F. W. Leupold, “Lesbirotic Electrographics”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 12:

     These Poloroids ^[sic] are then enlarged by a stat camera or a copier with an enlarging feature, colored electrographically, transferred to acetate pieces, and fused or sewn together into quilts.

Verb

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

1. (informal) Clipping of photostat.
   • 2009, Kevin Tinsley, Digital Prepress for Comic Books, New York, NY: Stickman Graphics, →ISBN, page 96:

     These overlays were then statted using a screen of etched glass to break up the solid black into small rows of black dots. A different sized screen was used to create a different sized dot for each percentage.

See also

• stat mech

Anagrams

• Tats, Tsat, TATs, tast, tats, atts

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

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English statistics, reinforced by English stat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛt̚²/

Noun

stat

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang) statistics (mathematical science)

Synonyms

• 統計學／统计学 (tǒngjìxué)

Cornish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin stātus, either via Middle English stat and Old French estat, or via Proto-Brythonic *ɨstad.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [staːt]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [stæːt]

Noun

stat m (plural statys or statow)

1. (politics) state, polity
2. situation, state, affair
3. estate

Derived terms

• skol stat (“state school”)
• stat an les (“welfare state”)
• statya (“convey an estate”)
• Statys Unys Amerika (“United States of America”)

References

• “stat” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
• Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 173

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

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

References

• “stat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin stātus.

Noun

stat m (plural stac)

1. A state.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstat]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstat]

Verb

stat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of stō

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin stātus.

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /ˈstaːt/

Noun

stat m

1. state

Maltese

Alternative forms

• istat (after the article)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian statu and/or Italian stato, both from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staːt/
• Homophone: stad
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

stat m (plural stati)

1. state (condition)
2. state, country, government

Derived terms

• Stati Uniti

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch stat, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi. 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

Strong feminine noun (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	stat	stēde
accusative	stat	stēde
genitive	stat, stēde	stēde
dative	stat, stēde	stēden

Strong masculine noun (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	stat	stēde
accusative	stat	stēde
genitive	stēdes	stēde
dative	stēde	stēden

Alternative forms

• stēde (Flemish, Hollandic)

Descendants

• Dutch: stad, stede, 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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• staat, state

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s

Proto-Italic *status

Latin statuslbor.

Old French estatbor.

Middle English stat

From Old French estat, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staːt/

Noun

stat (plural stats)

1. condition

Descendants

• English: state
• Yola: state

References

• “stāt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German stat (“state, rank”), from Latin status (“fixed, set, regular”), perfect passive participle of sistō (“to cause to stand, set, place”), from Proto-Italic *sistō (“stand, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti (“to be standing up, to be getting up”), from the root *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”), and also the perfect passive participle of stō, from the same root.

Noun

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

1. a state

Derived terms

• 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.

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

• bystat
• delstat
• forbundsstat
• medlemsstat
• nabostat
• statleg
• statsbesøk
• statsbudsjett
• statsgjeld
• statskasse
• statskupp
• statsmann
• statsminister
• statsoverhovud
• statsreligion
• statssekretær
• velferdsstat

References

• “stat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stadi.

Noun

stat f

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

Inflection

Declension of stat (feminine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	stat	stedi
accusative	stat	stedi
genitive	stedi	stedo
dative	stedi	stedin, stedon

Alternative forms

• stedi

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: stat, stede
  • Dutch: stad, stede, stee

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

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

Noun

stat

1. place, site, spot
2. place, settlement (but yet without any restriction to “town, city”, for which burg)

Declension

Declension of stat (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	stat	stati
accusative	stat	stati
genitive	stati	stato
dative	stati	statim, staten

Descendants

• Middle High German: stat
  • Bavarian: Stådt, Stättn
  • German: Stadt, Statt, Stätte
    • → North Frisian: Stat (Sylt)
  • Luxembourgish: Stad
  • Yiddish: שטאָט (shtot)

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Dutch stad.

Noun

stat

1. city, town

Piedmontese

Etymology

Fro Latin stātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stat/

Noun

stat m

1. state

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stat/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian stato, or a learned borrowing from Latin stātus.

Noun

stat n (plural state)

1. state, government

   Synonyms: țară, guvern, regim

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	stat	statul	state	statele
genitive-dative	stat	statului	state	statelor
vocative	statule		statelor

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin stātus.

Noun

stat n (plural state)

1. state, condition

   Synonyms: stare, condiție

2. situation, position

   Synonyms: situație, poziție

3. class; category; stature

   Synonym: clasă

4. list

   Synonyms: listă, tabel

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	stat	statul	state	statele
genitive-dative	stat	statului	state	statelor
vocative	statule		statelor

Verb

stat

1. past participle of sta

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stat	stats
	definite	staten	statens
plural	indefinite	stater	staters
	definite	staterna	staternas

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• arabstat
• buffertstat
• delstat
• diktaturstat
• drabantstat
• enhetsstat
• enpartistat
• feodalstat
• flaggstat
• foderstat
• fristat
• förbundsstat
• grannstat
• hemstat
• idealstat
• imperialiststat
• industristat
• klientstat
• kommuniststat
• kulturstat
• kuststat
• lydstat
• medlemsstat
• nationalstat
• nattväktarstat
• nordstat
• polisstat
• randstat
• rättsstat
• satellitstat
• skurkstat
• småstat
• socialiststat
• socialstat
• stadsstat
• statschef
• statsfiende
• statsförbund
• statsideologi
• statslös
• statsmakt
• statsman
• statsmedia
• statsreligion
• statsskuld
• strandstat
• superstat
• sydstat
• unionsstat
• utbrytarstat
• vasallstat
• välfärdsstat
• Östersjöstat
• öststat

See also

(nation, government):

• förstatliga
• statlig

(salary):

• statare

References

• “stat”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “stat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “stat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• satt

Tok Pisin

Verb

stat

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

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der.

Ancient Greek στάδιος (stádios)?

Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion)bor.

Latin stadium

French stade

Ottoman Turkish ستاد (stad)

Turkish stat

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ستاد (stad), from French stade, from Latin stadium, borrowed from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion).

Noun

stat (definite accusative stadı, plural statlar)

1. stadium

Declension

Declension of stat

singular plural nominative stat statlar definite accusative stadı statları dative stada statlara locative statta statlarda ablative stattan statlardan genitive stadın statların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular stadım statlarım 2nd singular stadın statların 3rd singular stadı statları 1st plural stadımız statlarımız 2nd plural stadınız statlarınız 3rd plural statları statları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular stadımı statlarımı 2nd singular stadını statlarını 3rd singular stadını statlarını 1st plural stadımızı statlarımızı 2nd plural stadınızı statlarınızı 3rd plural statlarını statlarını dative singular plural 1st singular stadıma statlarıma 2nd singular stadına statlarına 3rd singular stadına statlarına 1st plural stadımıza statlarımıza 2nd plural stadınıza statlarınıza 3rd plural statlarına statlarına locative singular plural 1st singular stadımda statlarımda 2nd singular stadında statlarında 3rd singular stadında statlarında 1st plural stadımızda statlarımızda 2nd plural stadınızda statlarınızda 3rd plural statlarında statlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular stadımdan statlarımdan 2nd singular stadından statlarından 3rd singular stadından statlarından 1st plural stadımızdan statlarımızdan 2nd plural stadınızdan statlarınızdan 3rd plural statlarından statlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular stadımın statlarımın 2nd singular stadının statlarının 3rd singular stadının statlarının 1st plural stadımızın statlarımızın 2nd plural stadınızın statlarınızın 3rd plural statlarının statlarının

Synonyms

• stadyum