See also: grád, gråd, grąd, Grad, and град

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹæd/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æd

NounEdit

grad (plural grads)

  1. Abbreviation of graduate.
  2. Abbreviation of graduation.
  3. (geometry, trigonometry) Abbreviation of gradian.
Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

grad (plural grads)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Grad

AnagramsEdit

Alemannic GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German gerade, gerat, from Old High German rado (fast, adverb), from rad (fast, adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *hrad (quick, hasty). Cognate with German gerade.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

grad

  1. now, at the moment
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
      Mir si grad am Esse, aber Si gönd gern mitesse, wen Si wend.
      We're eating at the moment, but you can gladly join us for dinner if you like.
  2. exactly

ChineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From clipping of English graduate.

PronunciationEdit


VerbEdit

grad

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to graduate

Related termsEdit

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grad c (singular definite graden, plural indefinite grader)

  1. degree
    i allerhøjeste grad
    to the very highest degree
    til en sådan grad, at
    to such a degree that
  2. degree (180th of pi)
    Drej 90 grader i positiv omløbsretning (mod uret).
    Turn 90 degrees in the positive direction of circumambulation (counterclockwise).
  3. (mostly in compounds) academic degree
    Hun tog en grad i ægyptologi.
    She got a degree in egyptology.

DeclensionEdit

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of gerade.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

grad

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of gerade

Further readingEdit

  • grad” in Duden online
  • grad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch graad, from Middle Dutch graet, from Latin gradus.[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrat]
  • Hyphenation: grad

NounEdit

grad

  1. grade, degree, level
    Synonym: derajat
  2. dignity, prestige
    Synonym: martabat

Alternative formsEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further readingEdit

LuxembourgishEdit

AdverbEdit

grad

  1. just, just now
    Mäi Brudder ass grad heemkomm
    My brother has just come home

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gradus.

NounEdit

grad m (definite singular graden, indefinite plural grader, definite plural gradene)

  1. degree (general)
  2. an academic degree
  3. degree (of angle)
  4. degree (of latitude or longitude)
  5. degree (of temperature)
  6. rank (e.g. military)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gradus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grad m (definite singular graden, indefinite plural gradar, definite plural gradane)
grad f (definite singular grada, indefinite plural grader, definite plural gradene)

  1. a degree (general)
  2. an academic degree
  3. degree (of angle)
  4. degree (of latitude or longitude)
  5. degree (of temperature)
  6. rank (e.g. military)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gradus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grad m

  1. grade, step, order, degree, rank

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
 
grad

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.

NounEdit

grad m inan

  1. hail (balls of ice)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
adjective
nouns

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

grad m inan

  1. (geometry, trigonometry) gradian
DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • grad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • grad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French grade, ultimately from Latin gradus.

NounEdit

grad n (plural grade)

  1. degree (unit of measurement for temperature)

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *groddo, ultimately from the root of greas (to hasten).

AdjectiveEdit

grad

  1. sudden, immediate, instant
  2. quick, rapid, swift, alert, agile

Derived termsEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grȃd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̑д)

  1. city, town
  2. fortress, castle
  3. downtown, city center
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Slavic *gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grȁd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏д)

  1. hail
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Latin gradus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grȃd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̑д)

  1. (mathematics) gradian
  2. degree (measuring unit in various systems; the more usual and general term is stȅpēn or stȗpanj)
DeclensionEdit

SlavomolisanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Serbo-Croatian grad (city, town, fortress). The extended meaning of ‘country’ is a semantic loan from Italian paese.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grad m

  1. village
  2. country

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).
  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).
  1. ^ Breu, Walter (2020), “Partitivity in Slavic-Romance language contact: The case of Molise Slavic in Italy” in Linguistics, volume 58, issue 3, page 840

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grȃd m inan

  1. castle
  2. (archaic) city

InflectionEdit

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing. grád
gen. sing. gradú
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
grád gradôva gradôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
gradú gradôv gradôv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
grádu gradôvoma gradôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
grád gradôva gradôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
grádu gradôvih gradôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
grádom gradôvoma gradôvi
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. grád
gen. sing. gráda
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
grád gráda grádi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
gráda grádov grádov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
grádu grádoma grádom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
grád gráda gráde
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
grádu grádih grádih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
grádom grádoma grádi

Further readingEdit

  • grad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gradus

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grad c

  1. a degree (on a thermometer or other scale)
    1. (cooking) A measurement of acetic acid, corresponding to 6 cl of a 24% solution or 12 cl of a 12% solution.
      • 2012 June 12, “Inlagd löksill [Pickled onion herring]”, in My little bakery[2]:
        Lag: 3,5 dl vatten; 0,5 äggkopp salt; 1 grad ättika.
        Pickle: 3.5 dl water; 0.5 egg cup salt; 1 degree vinegar.
      • 2017 November 14, Minna Wallén-Widung, “9 oväntade sätt att använda ättika på [9 unexpected ways to use vinegar]”, in Allas[3]:
        [] späd 2 grader ättika med vatten till 0,5 liter.
        [] dilute 2 degrees vinegar with water to 0.5 liters.
  2. a degree (from a university), a title
  3. a rank

DeclensionEdit

Declension of grad 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grad graden grader graderna
Genitive grads gradens graders gradernas

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit