grad

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

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Noun

grad (plural grads)

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

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

grad (plural grads)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Grad

Anagrams


Alemannic German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɑd/

Adverb

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

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊ʁɑðˀ]
  • Homophone: græd

Noun

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.

Declension


German

Etymology

Contraction of gerade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁaːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adverb

grad

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of gerade

Further reading

  • grad in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Adverb

grad

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

Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian grad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/

Noun

grad m

  1. village

Declension

References

  • 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).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gradus

Noun

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 terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gradus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɑːd/

Noun

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 terms

References


Polish

grad

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrat/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: grat

Etymology 1

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

Noun

grad m inan

  1. hail
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

grad m inan

  1. (geometry, trigonometry) gradian
Declension

Further reading

  • grad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French grade, ultimately from Latin gradus.

Noun

grad n (plural grade)

  1. degree (unit of measurement for temperature)

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

grad

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

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ (settlement, enclosed place), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gordos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos, *ǵʰortós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/

Noun

grȃd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̑д)

  1. city, town
  2. fortress, castle
  3. (usually after the proposition u) downtown, city centre
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrâd/

Noun

grȁd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏д)

  1. hail
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin gradus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrâːd/

Noun

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)
Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gordъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡráːt/

Noun

grȃd m inan

  1. castle
  2. (archaic) city

Inflection

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

grad c

  1. a degree (on a thermometer or other scale)
  2. a degree (from a university), a title
  3. a rank

Declension

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