степен

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɛpɛn]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь (n-stem).

сте́пен • (stépen) f (relational adjective сте́пенен)

1. stage, step

   сте́пен на разви́тие ― stépen na razvítie ― stage of development

2. degree, rank

   до голя́ма сте́пен ― do goljáma stépen ― to a large degree

   нау́чна сте́пен (in school) ― naúčna stépen ― degree in science

   пъ́рва сте́пен ― pǎ́rva stépen ― first degree, first rank

   сравни́телна сте́пен (linguistics) ― sravnítelna stépen ― comparative degree

3. extent

   то́чна сте́пен ― tóčna stépen ― precise extent, precise degree

4. (mathematics) power, exponent

• степену́вам (stepenúvam, “to grade”), степену́ване (stepenúvane, “exponentiation”)

• “степен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “степен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “степень”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

степ (step) +‎ -ен (-en)

сте́пен • (stépen)

1. (relational) steppe

• степ (step)

• пенест (penest)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɛpɛn]

степен • (stepen) m (plural степени, relational adjective постепен)

1. degree
2. extent

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

• IPA^(key): /stêpeːn/
• Hyphenation: сте‧пен

сте̏пе̄н m inan (Latin spelling stȅpēn)

1. (geometry, physics, mathematics) degree
2. level
3. stage
4. extent
5. grade
6. exponent

While this word has some colloquial usage in Croatian, the preferred literary word is сту̑пањ.

• постепено

• “степен”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025