gradual

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See also: graduál and graduał

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From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (step), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (to walk, go). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, step, grade), Bavarian Gritt (step, stride).

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gradual (comparative more gradual, superlative most gradual)

  1. Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees
    a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.

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gradual (plural graduals)

  1. (Christianity) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
  2. (Christianity) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin graduālis.

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gradual m or f (masculine and feminine plural graduals)

  1. gradual

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Galician

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From Medieval Latin graduālis.

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ɡɾaduˈal/ [ɡɾa.ð̞uˈɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ħɾaduˈal/ [ħɾa.ð̞uˈɑɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: gra‧du‧al

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gradual m or f (plural graduais)

  1. gradual

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gradual m (feminine singular graduala, masculine plural graduals, feminine plural gradualas)

  1. gradual

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Portuguese

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin graduālis.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.duˈaw/ [ɡɾa.dʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ɡɾaˈdwaw/ [ɡɾaˈdwaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐˈdwal/ [ɡɾɐˈðwaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐˈdwa.li/ [ɡɾɐˈðwa.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: gra‧du‧al

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gradual m or f (plural graduais, comparable, comparative mais gradual, superlative o mais gradual or gradualíssimo)

  1. gradual

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Spanish

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin graduālis.

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈdwal/ [ɡɾaˈð̞wal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: gra‧dual

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gradual m or f (masculine and feminine plural graduales)

  1. gradual

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gradual m (plural graduales)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) gradual

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