degré
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French degré, from Latin gradus, with the prefix de- (probably to avoid a conflation with gré).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
degré m (plural degrés)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “degré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladin edit
Noun edit
degré m (plural degrés)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.
Noun edit
degré oblique singular, m (oblique plural degrez, nominative singular degrez, nominative plural degré)
- step (flat, horizontal surface on a staircase)
- c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
- Au pié descendent del degré
- He went down the step on foot
- staircase
- degree; extent
Descendants edit
References edit
- Etymology and history of “degré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.