status quo

• statu quo (rare), status in quo (rare)

From Latin status (“state”) (sometimes used in the ablative statū) + quō (“in which”), the ablative of quī (“which”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsteɪ.təs ˈkwəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌstæt.əs ˈkwoʊ/, [ˌstæɾ.əs ˈkwoʊ]

• Audio (Canada):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsteɪ.təs ˈkwoʊ/, [ˌsteɪ.ɾəs ˈkwoʊ]

status quo (plural status quos or (rare) statuses quo or (rare, hypercorrect) stati quo)

2. The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.
   • 2015 July 27, Noah Berlatsky, “NK Jemisin: the fantasy writer upending the 'racist and sexist status quo'”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “As a black woman,” Jemisin tells me, “I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful, the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change. With epic fantasy there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative, in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.”

• status quo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• status quo ante bellum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Unadapted borrowing from Latin status quō.

• IPA^(key): [ˌsdæː.tusˈkvoˀ]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: sta‧tus quo

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status quo c

2. (indeclinable) status quo (the state of things)

• “status quo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Unadapted borrowing from Latin status quō.

• IPA^(key): /ˌstaːtʏs ˈkʋoː/

• Audio:

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status quo m (plural status quo's, no diminutive)

2. status quo (the state of things)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin status quō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtaːtuskvoː], [ˈʃtatuskvoː], [ˈstatuskvoː]
• Hyphenation: sta‧tus quo
• Rhymes: -voː

status quo (plural status quók)

2. status quo (the state of things)

Literally, “state in which”.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsta.tʊs ˈkʷoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstaː.tus ˈkʷɔː]
• Hyphenation: sta‧tus quō

status quō

2. (This entry is a descendant hub.) status quo

• → Danish: status quo
• → Dutch: status quo
• → English: status quo
• → Hungarian: status quo
• → Latvian: status quo
• → Polish: status quo
• → Portuguese: status quo

Unadapted borrowing from Latin status quō.

status quo m (invariable)

2. status quo (the state of things)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin status quō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tus ˈkfɔ/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: sta‧tus quo

status quo n (indeclinable)

2. status quo (the state of things)

   Antonym: status quo ante

• status quo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• status quo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• estatu quo, estatus quo, statu quo

Unadapted borrowing from Latin status quō.

status quo m (invariable)

2. status quo (the state of things)