bigrade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. 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).

Word forms

bigrade

Etymology

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

Related words

monograde quadrigrade pentagrade
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