degrao

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese degraao, degrao (attested since the 14th century in Galician texts), from Vulgar Latin *dēgradus, from Latin gradus,

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈɡɾaʊ̯]

Noun

degrao m (plural degraos)

1. (now literary) degree

   Synonym: grao

2. (now literary) step (of a stair)

   Synonyms: chanzo, paso

References

• “degraao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “degra+o” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “degrao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “degrao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.