noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsteɪtəs ˈsɪmbəl/
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General-American:/ˈsteɪtəs ˈsɪmbəl/
General-American:/ˈstæ-/
General-American:[-ɾəs]
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noun
Meaning 1
A visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رمز المكانة
(ramz al-makāna)
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Catalan:
símbol d'estatus
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Chinese Mandarin:
社會地位的象徵 /社会地位的象征
(shèhuì dìwèi de xiàngzhēng)
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Chinese Mandarin:
身份象徵 /身份象征
(shēnfen xiàngzhēng)
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Chinese Mandarin:
炫富工具
(xuànfù gōngjù)
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Danish:
statussymbol
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Dutch:
statussymbol
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Esperanto:
statusa simbolo
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Finnish:
statussymboli
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
German:
Statussymbol
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
German:
Statusobjekt
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Hebrew:
סמל סטטוס
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Hungarian:
státusszimbólum
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Icelandic:
stöðutákn
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Italian:
status symbol
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Japanese:
ステータスシンボル
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Korean:
지위 상징
(jiwi sangjing)
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Northern Kurdish:
sembola statûyê
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Norwegian Bokmål:
statussymbol
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Norwegian Nynorsk:
statussymbol
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Serbo-Croatian:
статусни симбол
(statusni simbol)
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Swedish:
statussymbol
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Tamil:
அந்தசுது குறியீடு
(antacutu kuṟiyīṭu)
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
Thai:
สัญลักษณ์แสดงฐานะ
— visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status
