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/də.ɡʁe/
Translation
degree
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
l'.
It is thirty degrees in the shade.
L' .
Water boils at a hundred degrees.
Cet quarante- .
This angle measures forty-five degrees.
au .
She suffered second-degree burns.
au .
Do not take his remark literally.
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