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degré

degree

noun deh-GREH Less Common
Numbers & Measures Measurements

Usage Note

Degré covers temperature degrees, academic degrees (though diplôme is also common for a qualification), and degrees of comparison or severity. The plural degrés is regular. The phrase par degrés means 'gradually', and à un degré moindre means 'to a lesser degree'.

Examples

"L'eau bout à cent degrés."

Natural Translation

Water boils at one hundred degrees.

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