βαθμίδα

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βᾰθμῐ́δᾰ (bathmída), accusative singular of βᾰθμῐ́ς (bathmís), with semantic loan from French grade.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vaθˈmi.ða/
  • Hyphenation: βαθ‧μί‧δα

Noun

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βαθμίδα (vathmídaf (plural βαθμίδες)

  1. (learned) stair, step (a single step in a staircase)
    Synonym: σκαλοπάτι n (skalopáti)
  2. grade, level, rung (a position in a hierarchy)
  3. (music) step (an interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
  4. (taxonomy) rank (a level in a scientific taxonomy system)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ βαθμίδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language