gradd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh grað, from Proto-Brythonic *grað, from Latin gradus (“degree”). Doublet of gris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraːð/
  • Rhymes: -aːð

Noun

gradd f (plural graddau)

  1. degree, grade, rank
  2. (geometry) degree (unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference)
  3. (physics) degree (unit of measurement of temperature)
  4. (geography) degree (unit of measurement of latitude and longitude)

Derived terms

  • ailraddio (“to regrade”)
  • canolradd (“intermediate”)
  • cydradd (“equal, peer”)
  • cyfradd (“rate”)
  • cyfraddol
  • cynradd (“primary”)
  • diraddio (“to degrade, to demote”)
  • diwrnod graddio
  • eilradd (“second-rate, secondary”)
  • glân radd priodas (“the holy estate of matrimony”)
  • gradd anrhydedd (“honours degree”)
  • gradd baglor (“bachelor's degree”)
  • gradd doethur (“doctoral degreee”)
  • gradd er anrhydedd (“honorary degree”)
  • gradd gydanrhydedd (“joint honours degree”)
  • gradd meistr (“master's degree”)
  • gradd prifysgol (“university degree”)
  • graddfa (“scale”)
  • graddiad (“gradation; graduation”)
  • graddiant (“gradient”)
  • graddio (“to graduate, to grade”)
  • graddliwio (“to shade”)
  • graddluniadu
  • graddlwyd (“greyscale”)
  • graddnod (“graduation”)
  • graddnodedig
  • graddnodi
  • graddnodiad
  • graddol (“gradual”)
  • graddoli (“to grade, to fade”)
  • graddoliad (“gradation”)
  • i gryn raddau (“broadly”)
  • i raddau helaeth (“to a great extent, by and large”)
  • i ryw raddau (“to some extent”)
  • i'r fath raddau (“to such an extent”)
  • isradd (“mathematical root”)
  • o radd i radd (“step by step”)
  • o radd uchel (“of high estate”)
  • ôl-radd (“postgraduate”)
  • ôl-raddedig
  • ôl-raddiad
  • o'r radd flaenaf (“of the highest degree, of the best quality”)
  • teithradd (“stage of a process”)
  • uwchradd (“higher degree”)
  • wrth raddau (“by degrees, gradually”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gradd
radical soft nasal aspirate
gradd radd ngradd unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gradd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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