gradual
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- graduall (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹadʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹadjuəl/, /ˈɡɹadʒəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒəl/
Audio (US) (file) - (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɛdʒʉɘl/, /ˈɡɹɛdʒɘl/
- Hyphenation: grad‧u‧al, grad‧ual, gradu‧al
- Rhymes: (General American) -ædʒəl
Adjective[edit]
gradual (comparative more gradual, superlative most gradual)
- Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees
- a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
proceeding by steps or small degrees
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Noun[edit]
gradual (plural graduals)
- (Christianity) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
- (Christianity) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
Translations[edit]
antiphone or responsory
service book
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin graduālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gradual m or f (masculine and feminine plural graduals)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “gradual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gradual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gradual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gradual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin graduālis.
Adjective[edit]
gradual m or f (plural graduais)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “gradual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin graduālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gradual m or f (plural graduais, comparable, comparative mais gradual, superlative o mais gradual or gradualíssimo)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin graduālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gradual m or f (masculine and feminine plural graduales)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
gradual m (plural graduales)
Further reading[edit]
- “gradual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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