Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bigrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bi-grade
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Etymology

From bi- + grade. Compare Japanese 二段 (nidan).

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

monograde quadrigrade pentagrade

Questions

What does bigrade mean?
Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Old Japanese or Classical Japanese, so called due to their use of two vowels (grades or rows on the gojūon chart).
Where does bigrade come from?
From bi- + grade. Compare Japanese 二段 (nidan).

How to pronounce bigrade

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