-stat

See also: stat, sTAt, stát, stât, stáť, štát, and stať

English

Etymology

The terminal element in certain names of scientific instruments, employed on the analogy of early coinages from other languages, namely heliostat (from the New Latin hēliostata, itself apparently representing an assumed Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ἡλιοστάτης (hēliostátēs), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + -στατης (-statēs), the latter an agent-nominal suffix from the aorist active participial stem (the στα- (sta-) root) of ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I cause to stand”, “I set”)), siderostat (from the Latin sīdus, star + the Ancient Greek -στατης (-statēs)), and aerostat (from the French aérostat, itself a back-formation from aérostatique (formed after hydrostatique), formed on the analogy of héliostat); later coinages have been formed on the analogy of heliostat, apparently with some reference to the Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “standing”, “stationary”). See also clinostat, hydrostat, and thermostat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stat/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stæt/

Suffix

-stat

1. forming nouns naming scientific instruments that act to render the prefixed element stationary or static in some respect
2. (pharmacology) Used to form names of enzyme inhibitors.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -stat

Translations

Translations

• Polish: -stat

References

• “-stat” on page 849/2–3 of § 2 (St, ed. Henry Bradley) of part i (Si–St) of volume IX (Si–Th, 1919) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
• “-stat” in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)

Anagrams

• TATs, Tats, Tsat, tast, tats

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English -stat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stat/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: stat

Suffix

-stat m inan

1. -stat

   ‎aero- + ‎-stat → ‎aerostat

Declension

Declension of -stat

	singular	plural
nominative	-stat	-staty
genitive	-statu	-statów
dative	-statowi	-statom
accusative	-stat	-staty
instrumental	-statem	-statami
locative	-stacie	-statach
vocative	-stacie	-staty

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -stat

See also

• -mierz, -metr

Further reading

• -stat in Polish dictionaries at PWN