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superlative_degree

superlative degree

English

Noun

superlative degree

(grammar) adverbial or adjectival forms modified by most or ending in -est, used when comparing three or more things

Synonyms

superlative

Related terms

Translations

(grammar)

Albanian: shkalla sipërore f
Arabic: دَرَجَة فَائِقَة f ‎(daraja fāʾiqa)
Breton: derez-uhelañ (br) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 最高級 (zh), 最高级 (zh) ‎(zuìgāojí)
Dutch: overtreffende trap (nl)
French: superlatif (fr) m
German: Superlativ (de) n
Hungarian: felsőfok (hu)
Icelandic: efsta stig (is) n

Japanese: 最上級 (ja) ‎(さいじょうきゅう, saijōkyū)
Korean: 최상급 (ko) ‎(choe-sang-geup) (最上級 (ko))
Persian: صفت برترین (fa) ‎(sefat-e bartarin)
Polish: stopień najwyższy (pl) m
Portuguese: grau superlativo m
Russian: превосхо́дная сте́пень (ru) f ‎(prevosxódnaja stépenʹ), суперляти́в (ru) m ‎(superljatív)
Slovene: preséžnik m
Tagalog: pasukdol
Vietnamese: cấp cao nhất