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 Translation for 'status symbol' from English to French
NOUN   a status symbol | status symbols
signe {m} de prestigestatus symbol
signe {m} extérieur de richessestatus symbol
Partial Matches
symbole {m}symbol
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état {m}status
prestige {m}status
statut {m}status
math.
symbole {m} de Legendre
Legendre symbol
math.
symbole {m} de Pochhammer
Pochhammer symbol
math.
symbole {m} de Kronecker
Kronecker symbol
math.
symbole {m} de Schläfli
Schläfli symbol
sociol.
condition {f} [niveau social]
social status
occup.pol.
mandat {m} parlementaire
parliamentary status
fin.
situation {f} financière
financial status
inform.
barre {f} d'état
status bar
adm.occup.
situation {f} professionnelle
employment status
avoir du prestigeto have status
officialité {m}official status
sociol.
niveau {m} social
social status
inform.
barre {f} d'état
status line
statut {m} socialsocial status
adm.sociol.
situation {f} de famille
marital status
pol.sociol.
condition {f} féminine
status of women
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Usage Examples English
  • It may have been commissioned by Castlehaven as a status symbol, work for French prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars, or as work for local labourers in times of high unemployment.
  • It became a sort of status symbol in upper middle class Indians and rich classes.
  • The ideal woman was expected to act as a status symbol for men and reflect her husband's wealth and success, and was to create babies and care for them so that her husband's legacy of success would continue, but she was also seen as the "Angel in the House" whose purpose was to guide her family morally.
  • Luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci are more than just clothing and become more of a status symbol.
  • Although rarely used nowadays for working the land, they are considered an important status symbol.

  • As a result of the work of sculptor William Leslie, and later Sidney Field, granite memorials became a major status symbol in Victorian Britain.
  • In late imperial China, bound feet were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty.
  • Back then, it became prominent in society and was used as a status symbol.
  • In Malaysia and Singapore large persimmons are viewed as a status symbol.
  • For example, obesity can represent wealth and abundance, and is a status symbol in famine-prone areas and some places hard-hit by HIV/AIDS.

  • Many people like to use expensive types and brands of pens, including fountain pens, and these are sometimes regarded as a status symbol.
  • Mail remained in use as a decorative and possibly high-status symbol with military overtones long after its practical usefulness had passed.
  • Shark fin soup is a status symbol in Asian countries and is erroneously considered healthy and full of nutrients.
  • Trophy hunting is the selective seeking and killing of wild game animals to take trophies for personal collection, bragging rights or as a status symbol.
  • The Chanel suit was known as a status symbol for wealthy and powerful women.

  • In the past, wearing two or more coats at the same time, both in winter and summer, was seen as a status symbol, and indicated a certain level of prestige for the family.
  • As a result of the low cost of such books and the spread of bookstores filled with them (in addition to the creation of a smaller market of extremely cheap used paperbacks), owning a private library ceased to be a status symbol for the rich.
  • As Egypt gained more prosperity, burial practices became a status symbol for the wealthy as well.
  • Apple has stated that they do not pay for this, but declined to discuss how its products are placed; some Apple placements have stemmed from their products' ubiquity and position as a status symbol, rather than actual paid promotion.
  • Skirts lengthened, while widths increased due to the introduction of the horsehair crinoline in 1847; becoming a status symbol of wealth.

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