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zero-grades

zero-grades is the plural of zero-grade.

Meaning of zero-grade

Noun

zero-grade (plural zero-grades)

  1. (Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.
    • *bʰr̥- is the zero-grade of the Indo-European root *bʰer- meaning “to carry, bear”.
    Synonyms:
    vanishing grade

Questions about zero-grades

What is zero-grades the plural of?
Zero-grades is the plural of zero-grade.

Words near zero-grades in the dictionary

  1. zero-emission vehicles
  2. zero-entry
  3. zero-g
  4. zero-gee
  5. zero-grade
  6. zero-grades
  7. zero-gravity
  8. zero-grazed
  9. zero-hour contract
  10. zero-hour contracts
  11. zero-hours

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