βαθμίδα
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βᾰθμῐ́δᾰ (băthmĭ́dă), accusative singular of βᾰθμῐ́ς (băthmĭ́s), with semantic loan from French grade.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaθˈmi.ða/
- Hyphenation: βαθ‧μί‧δα
Noun
βαθμίδα • (vathmída) f (plural βαθμίδες)
- (learned) stair, step (a single step in a staircase)
- Synonym: σκαλοπάτι n (skalopáti)
- grade, level, rung (a position in a hierarchy)
- (music) step (an interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
- (taxonomy) rank (a level in a scientific taxonomy system)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βαθμίδα (vathmída) | βαθμίδες (vathmídes) |
| genitive | βαθμίδας (vathmídas) | βαθμίδων (vathmídon) |
| accusative | βαθμίδα (vathmída) | βαθμίδες (vathmídes) |
| vocative | βαθμίδα (vathmída) | βαθμίδες (vathmídes) |
Derived terms
- βαθμιδωτός (vathmidotós)
References
- ^ βαθμίδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language