bigrade

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

bigrade (not comparable)

1. (grammar) 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).

Related terms

• monograde
• quadrigrade
• pentagrade

Anagrams

• Abridge, abridge, brigade