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