gradability

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English grade

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin -abilitas

Middle French -abletébor.

Middle English -ablete

English -ability

English gradability

From grade + -ability.

Noun

gradability (usually uncountable, plural gradabilities)

1. The property of being gradable.

   The gradability of adjectives has important consequences for their grammatical behaviour.

Translations

grammar: property of being gradable

• Czech: stupňovatelnost f
• Polish: stopniowalność f

Further reading

• “gradability”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “gradability”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries