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quadrigrade

quadrigrade adjective: belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of four vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).

Adjective

quadrigrade (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of four vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).

Origin of quadrigrade

From quadri- + grade. Compare Japanese 四段 (yodan).

Questions about quadrigrade

What does quadrigrade mean?
Quadrigrade means belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of four vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).
What part of speech is quadrigrade?
Quadrigrade is an adjective.

Words near quadrigrade in the dictionary

  1. quadrigeminy
  2. quadrigenarious
  3. quadrigeneric
  4. quadrigenic
  5. quadriglandular
  6. quadrigrade
  7. quadrigram
  8. quadrigrams
  9. quadrihybrid
  10. quadrihybrids
  11. quadrihydrate

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