степень

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Noun

степень • (stepenĭ) m

  1. stair (a single step in a staircase)

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲtʲepʲɪnʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

сте́пень • (stépenʹ) f inan (genitive сте́пени, nominative plural сте́пени, genitive plural степене́й)

  1. degree, extent
  2. (mathematics) power
  3. (grammar) degree of comparison
  4. rank, title, degree
    учёная сте́пеньučónaja stépenʹacademic degree

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: steeppeni

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “степень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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