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full-grade

full-grade noun: an ablaut form that is either e-grade or o-grade.

Noun

full-grade (uncountable)

  1. (Indo-European linguistics) An ablaut form that is either e-grade or o-grade.

Origin of full-grade

From full + grade, as in gradation (“apophony”). Possibly after German Vollstufe.

Questions about full-grade

What does full-grade mean?
Full-grade means an ablaut form that is either e-grade or o-grade.
What part of speech is full-grade?
Full-grade is a noun.

Words near full-grade in the dictionary

  1. full-frame
  2. full-fraught
  3. full-frontal
  4. full-frontal nudity
  5. full-frontals
  6. full-grade
  7. full-grown
  8. full-grownness
  9. full-handed
  10. full-handedly
  11. full-handedness

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