degré
French, noun/də.ɡʁe/
degré is spelled D-E-G-R-É (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,874th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degré is a French masculine noun meaning “degree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace compris entre deux marches d’un escalier”.
What does degré mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedegree
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espace compris entre deux marches d’un escalier. 2. Marche servant d’entrée ou de soubassement aux grands édifices. 3. Nom donné aux marches se trouvant sous une croix. 4. Escalier.
noun: 1. Ancienne variante de degré.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of degré
- degrés plural
- dégrés plural
- dégréz plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degré?
- /də.ɡʁe/
- \də.ɡʁe\
- [də.ɡʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to degré
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is degré in French?
degré appears 28 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).