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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “degraao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “degra+o”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “degrao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “degrao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega