degrau

Meaning

  1. (masculine) step (of a staircase) or rung (of a ladder)
  2. (figuratively,masculine) step (a distinct part of a progression)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
de‧grau
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈɡɾaw/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese degraao, from Vulgar Latin *dēgradus, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”).

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