noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/
Canada, General-American:/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ɚ/
California, Southern:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ætʃə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:S T AE1 CH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Statue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
(of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: height
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily property
Narrower terms: tallness, shortness
5
noun
Meaning 5
high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a man of great stature
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: esteem, regard, respect
History
Etymology
From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
boy
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Bashkir:
буй
(buy)
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Bulgarian:
ръст
(rǎst)
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Bulgarian:
височина
(visočina)
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Catalan:
estatura
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Chinese Mandarin:
身高
(shēngāo)
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Galician:
estatura
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Galician:
talla
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
German:
Körpergröße
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
German:
Statur
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Hungarian:
termet
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Hungarian:
magasság
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Hungarian:
testmagasság
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Latin:
statūra
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Māori:
hanga
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Polish:
wzrost
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Romanian:
statură
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Russian:
рост
(rost)
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Spanish:
estatura
— a person or animal's natural height when standing upright
Bulgarian:
вели́чие
(velíčie)
— respect coming from achievement or development
Bulgarian:
велича́вост
(veličávost)
— respect coming from achievement or development
Catalan:
talla
— respect coming from achievement or development
Galician:
talla
— respect coming from achievement or development
Hungarian:
elismertség
— respect coming from achievement or development
Hungarian:
kaliber
— respect coming from achievement or development
Hungarian:
formátum
— respect coming from achievement or development
Polish:
wysoka pozycja
— respect coming from achievement or development
Russian:
кали́бр
(kalíbr)
— respect coming from achievement or development
Russian:
масшта́б
(masštáb)
— respect coming from achievement or development
Spanish:
estatura
— respect coming from achievement or development
Spanish:
talla
— respect coming from achievement or development
Spanish:
valía
— respect coming from achievement or development
