grad

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹæd/

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• Rhymes: -æd

grad (plural grads)

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

• deg
• rad

grad (plural grads)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Grad

• Gard, darg, drag, gard

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑd/

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

From clipping of English graduate.

grad

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to graduate

• grad din

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

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.

Contraction of gerade.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁaːt/

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• Rhymes: -aːt
• Homophones: Grad, Grat

grad

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of gerade

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

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

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

grad

1. grade, degree, level

   Synonym: derajat

2. dignity, prestige

   Synonym: martabat

• gréd (Standard Malay)

• “grad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

grad

1. just, just now

   Mäi Brudder ass grad heemkomm

   My brother has just come home

From Latin gradus.

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)

• “grad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin gradus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːd/

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)

• “grad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin gradus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑd/

grad m

1. grade, step, order, degree, rank

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “grad”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrat/

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: grad
• Homophone: grat

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

grad m inan

1. hail (balls of ice)

grad m inan

1. (geometry, trigonometry) gradian

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

Borrowed from French grade, ultimately from Latin gradus.

grad n (plural grade)

1. degree (unit of measurement for temperature)

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

grad

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

• gu grad

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâːd/

grȃd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̑д)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâd/

grȁd m (Cyrillic spelling гра̏д)

1. hail

Borrowed from Latin gradus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâːd/

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)

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡrâːd/

grad m

1. village
2. country

• 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).

From Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ.

• IPA^(key): /ɡráːt/

grȃd m inan

1. castle
2. (archaic) city

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

From Latin gradus

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• Rhymes: -ɑːd

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:

        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:

        […] 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

• drag