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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French degré, from Latin gradus, with the prefix de- (probably to avoid a conflation with gré).
Pronunciation
Noun
degré m (plural degrés)
- degree
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Ladin
Noun
degré m (plural degrés)
- degree, rank
Old French
Etymology
From Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.
Noun
degré oblique singular, m (oblique plural degrez, nominative singular degrez, nominative plural degré)
- step (flat, horizontal surface on a staircase)
- staircase
c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 168, line 2025:Suz le degré languist Tristrans- Tristan languished under the staircase
- degree; extent
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