Translation
degree
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Word origin
From Old French degré, from Vulgar Latin degradus, formed from de- ('down') and gradus ('step, pace'). The first sense was a step on a staircase, which is how the word came to mean a rung on any scale. English 'degree' was borrowed from the same Old French word.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- gradus
- English cognates
- degree, grade, gradual
Grammar
Examples
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It is thirty degrees in the shade.
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Water boils at a hundred degrees.
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This angle measures forty-five degrees.
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She suffered second-degree burns.
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Do not take his remark literally.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 23, lesson 2: degré, témoigner, soi and 7 more words.