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7-letter words (1 found)

GRADUAL,

6-letter words (2 found)

GARUDA,RADULA,

5-letter words (11 found)

ARGAL,AURAL,DARGA,DURAL,GARDA,GLAUR,GRAAL,GUARD,GULAR,LAURA,RUGAL,

4-letter words (29 found)

AGAR,AGLU,ALAR,ALGA,AULA,AULD,AURA,DAAL,DARG,DAUR,DRAG,DRUG,DUAL,DUAR,DURA,GALA,GAUD,GAUR,GLAD,GRAD,GUAR,GULA,GURL,LARD,LAUD,RAGA,RAGU,RUGA,UDAL,

3-letter words (26 found)

AAL,AGA,ALA,ALU,ARD,AUA,DAG,DAL,DUG,GAD,GAL,GAR,GAU,GUL,GUR,LAD,LAG,LAR,LUD,LUG,LUR,RAD,RAG,RUD,RUG,URD,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AD,AG,AL,AR,DA,GU,LA,UG,UR,

You can make 79 words from gradual according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gradual

gradual

Alternative forms

  • graduall (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹadʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹadjuəl/, /ˈɡɹadʒəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒəl/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɛdʒʉɘl/, /ˈɡɹɛdʒɘl/
  • Hyphenation: grad‧u‧al, grad‧ual, gradu‧al
  • Rhymes: (General American) -ædʒəl

Adjective

gradual (comparative more gradual, superlative most gradual)

  1. Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

Synonyms

  • stepwise

Antonyms

  • sudden
  • abrupt

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • insidious

Noun

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.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin graduālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡɾə.ðuˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ɡɾa.ðuˈal]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

gradual m or f (masculine and feminine plural graduals)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

  • gradualment

Related terms

  • grau

Further reading

  • “gradual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “gradual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “gradual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “gradual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin graduālis.

Adjective

gradual m or f (plural graduais)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

  • gradualmente

Related terms

  • grao

Further reading

  • “gradual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin graduālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. gradual

Derived terms

  • gradualmente

Further reading

  • “gradual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin graduālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gradual m or f (masculine and feminine plural graduales)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

gradual m (plural graduales)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) gradual

Further reading

  • “gradual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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