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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?nd, IPA^(key): /ka?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Etymology 1

From Middle English kynde, kunde, cunde, icunde, from Old English cynd (“generation, kind, nature, race”), ?ecynd, from Proto-Germanic *kundiz, *gakundiz, related to *kunj?. Cognate with Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin.

Alternative forms

• kinde, kynd, kynde (obsolete)

Noun

kind (plural kinds)

1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
   • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII

     I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a kind of a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them.

3. (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
4. (archaic) Family, lineage.
5. (archaic) Manner.
7. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
   • 1691, John Dryden, Prologue to King Arthur

     Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, / Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature.

8. Equivalent means used as response to an action.

9. (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.

Usage notes

In sense “goods or services” or “equivalent means”, used almost exclusively with “in” in expression in kind.

Synonyms

• genre
• sort
• type
• derivative

(1) and/or (2)

• generation
• offspring
• child
• See also Thesaurus:class

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English kinde, kunde, kende, from Old English cynde, ?ecynde (“innate, natural, native”), from Old English cynd, ?ecynd (“nature, kind”).

Alternative forms

• kinde (obsolete)

Adjective

kind (comparative kinder, superlative kindest)

1. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
2. Affectionate.
   • 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village

     Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, / The love he bore to learning was in fault.

3. Favorable.
4. Mild, gentle, forgiving

5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.

6. (obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:

     ?et haue I no kynde knowing quod I · ?et mote ?e kenne me better.

   • it becommeth sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind tast.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Kind in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• DINK, dink

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kind, from Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-Germanic *kind? (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *?enh?tóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/

Noun

kind (plural kinders)

1. child

Anagrams

• dink

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *?énu- (“cheek”). Compare Swedish kind, Norwegian and Icelandic kinn, Low German and German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ken/, [k?en?]

Noun

kind c (singular definite kinden, plural indefinite kinder)

1. cheek

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-West Germanic *kind (“offspring”), from Proto-Germanic *kind? (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *?enh?tóm (“that which is produced, that which is given birth to”), related to *?n?h?tós (“produced, given birth”), from *?enh?- (“to produce, to give birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?nt/
• Hyphenation: kind
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

kind n (plural kinderen or kinders, diminutive kindje n or kindertje n or kindeken n or kindelijn n)

1. child, kid, non-adult human

2. descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age

   In sommige patriarchale tradities blijven kinderen levenslang onvoorwaardelijk onderworpen aan het vaderlijk gezag, zoals aanvankelijk in het Oude Rome, in andere houdt een zoon op kind te zijn door zijn eigen gezin te stichten

   In certain patriarchal traditions, children remain subject to unconditional paternal authority for life, as originally in Ancient Rome, in other ones a son ceases to be a child by founding his own family

   Synonyms: afstammeling, telg

3. (figuratively) product of influence, breeding etc.

Usage notes

• The normal plural is kinderen. The form kinders is heard colloquially, often also humorously.
• In compounds, the word can take the form kinder- or kind- as a tail. The former is used more often, however.
• The dimunitive kindelijn is now archaic, but can still be found in some fossilized songs and religious texts.

Derived terms

See also

• dochter
• zoon
• blaag

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kind

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kind, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, cognate with Latin g?ns (“clan, tribe”). The sense of “sheep” is derived from the compound sauðkind, literally “sheep-kind”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c??nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

kind f

1. (obsolete) race, kind, kin
2. a sheep (especially a ewe)
3. (dated) used as a term of disparagement for a girl (or woman)

Declension

Synonyms

• (sheep): rolla, sauðkind

Derived terms

• kindarlegur
• mannkind
• sauðkind

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kind f, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?énh?tis. Akin to English kind.

Noun

kind m (definite singular kinden, indefinite plural kindar, definite plural kindane)
kind n (definite singular kindet, indefinite plural kind, definite plural kinda)

1. a child in a cradle

References

• “kind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kinþiz. Compare Latin g?ns (“clan, tribe”).

Noun

kind f (genitive kindar, plural kindir or kindr)

1. race, kind, kin
2. creature, being

Declension

Derived terms

• mannkind
• sauðkind

Descendants

• Icelandic: kind f

References

• kind in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kind (“child”).

Noun

kind n

1. child

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: kind, kint, kynd
  • Dutch Low Saxon: kind, kiend, keend
  • German Low German: Kind
  • ? Old Frisian: kind
    • West Frisian: kyn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *?énu- (“cheek”). Compare Danish kind, Norwegian and Icelandic kinn, German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd/

Noun

kind c

1. (anatomy) cheek; a part of the face.

Declension

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kint

Noun

kind n (plural kinders)

1. child

English

Etymology

From Latin status. Doublet of state and estate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste?t.?s/
• (US, Canada, General Australian) enPR: st?t?s, IPA^(key): /?stæt.?s/
• Rhymes: -e?t?s, -æt?s

Noun

status (countable and uncountable, plural statuses or status)

1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.

2. Prestige or high standing.
3. A situation or state of affairs.
4. (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
   1. (Canada, almost always used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian Indian) of being registered under the Indian Act.

      He is a status Indian.

5. (social networking) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.

6. (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.

Usage notes

• Rarely, stat?s (following Latin) is found as the plural form.

Derived terms

• status quo
• status symbol

Translations

Further reading

• "status" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 299.

Anagrams

• suttas

Catalan

Noun

status m (plural status)

1. Alternative spelling of estatus

Chinese

Etymology

From English status.

Noun

status

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) Relationship status, usually in the form A_ or O_.

See also

• ?status
• A0
• O1

Czech

Etymology

From Latin st?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /status/

Noun

status m, inanimate

1. status

Declension

Derived terms

• status quo

Related terms

Further reading

• status in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• status in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Learned borrowing from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sta?.t?s/
• Hyphenation: sta?tus

Noun

status m (plural statussen, diminutive statusje n)

1. status (condition)
2. status (legal position)
3. status (station, social standing)
4. medical file

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: status

Esperanto

Verb

status

1. conditional of stati

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Noun

status

1. status (a person's position or standing; high standing)

Declension

Anagrams

• tassut

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch status, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?st?a.t??s]
• Hyphenation: sta?tus

Noun

status (plural status-status, first-person possessive statusku, second-person possessive statusmu, third-person possessive statusnya)

1. status:
   1. A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
   2. A situation or state of affairs.
   3. A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
2. (healthcare) A medical file, medical record.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “status” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin status.

Noun

status m (invariable)

1. status (position in society)

Further reading

• status in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sta.tus/, [?s?t?ät??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sta.tus/, [?st???t?us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of sist? (“I cause to stand, set, place”).

Participle

status (feminine stata, neuter statum, adverb statim); first/second-declension participle

1. fixed, set, having been set
2. regular

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

status m (genitive stat?s); fourth declension

1. state, status, condition
2. position, place
3. rank, status
4. (Medieval Latin) state (a political division retaining a notable degree of autonomy)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• statu?

References

• status in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• status in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• status in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta?tus/

Adjective

statùs m (feminine statì) stress pattern 4

1. steep, precipitous

   status kalnas - a steep mountain

Declension

Related terms

(Adjectives)

• sta?ias

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin status.

Noun

status m (definite singular statusen, indefinite plural statuser, definite plural statusene)

1. status

Derived terms

• bystatus
• statussymbol

References

• “status” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin status.

Noun

status m (definite singular statusen, indefinite plural statusar, definite plural statusane)

1. status

Derived terms

• bystatus
• statussymbol

References

• “status” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status. Doublet of estado.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.?ta.tus/, /?sta.tus/

Noun

status m (plural status)

1. (sociology) status; standing (a person’s importance relative to others)
2. status; state (a condition at some point in time)

   Synonym: estado

3. status; prestige

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:status.

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin status.

Noun

status m

1. status

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) stadi

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??tus/
• Hyphenation: sta?tus

Noun

státus m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. status, rank

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?tatus/, [es?t?a.t?us]

Noun

status m (plural status)

1. Alternative spelling of estatus

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

status c

1. status, social standing, rank, situation

Declension

Related terms

• statusjakt
• statussymbol