degre

See also: dégré and degré

English

Noun

degre

1. Obsolete spelling of degree.

Anagrams

• dereg, edger, erged, greed, redge

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French degré, degréz (hence the variant degrece); equivalent to de- +‎ gre.

Alternative forms

• degree, degrece, de-gre, degrie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛːˈɡreː/, /dɛːˈɡreːs/

Noun

degre (plural degres)

1. Someone's personal characteristics, position, or background:
   1. A degree or generation of ancestry; a stage in one's family history.
   2. Social or professional standing or status; one's position in society or a subset of it.
   3. People of a certain status or ranking; a group defined by status.
   4. Prestigiousness or achievement, especially that earned in battle.
   5. (rare) One's lineage or ancestry; one's family background.
2. The state, quality, or status of something; something's current characteristics:
   1. A distinguishing quantity; degree, amount, or extent:
      1. (grammar) A type or extent of grammatical comparison.
      2. (medicine) A degree of severity of medical conditions.
   2. The status of something on a scale (relating to other things)
   3. The state of one's behaviour; one's way, bearing, or method.
   4. (rare) The inherent state or quality of something; something's intrinsic characteristics.
   5. (rare) Something as marked by its distinguishing features; a variety or sort of something.
3. (geometry) An angular measurement amounting to 1/360 of a circle.
4. A measurement of time amounting to around four minutes.
5. A degree (educational qualification handed out by tertiary institutions)
6. A step, gree or rung; a part of a staircase.
7. A stage as part of a scale of virtues or values.
8. (rare) The length covered by a step or movement of one's feet.

Descendants

• English: degree
• Scots: degree

References

• “dēgrẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.

Etymology 2

Noun

degre

1. Alternative form of decre