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stopień

//ˈstɔ.pjɛɲ/ | /ˈstɔ.pjɛɲ/ | [ˈstɔ.pjɛɲ]/
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    stair (a single step in a staircase)
    • Schody na wieżę mają 170 stopni.

      The stairs to the tower have 170 steps.

    • Uważaj na stopień w połowie korytarza.

      Mind the step halfway down the corridor.

  2. 2.
    degree, rank, level (place in a systemized hierarchy)
    • Po powrocie z misji zagranicznej został awansowany do stopnia kapitana.

      After returning from a foreign deployment, he was promoted to the rank of captain.

    • Uczelnia ma akredytację do nadawania stopnia doktora nauk medycznych.

      The university is accredited to award the title of M.D.

  3. 3.
    degree (the amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent)
    • W jakim stopniu zmiana trenera wpłynęła na wyniki drużyny?

      To what degree were the team's results affected by the change of coach?

  4. 4.
    mark, grade, score (review of performance)
    • W szkole zawsze miałam dobre stopnie.

      I always had good grades at school.

  5. 5.
    degree (a unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit)
    • Jutro ma być dwanaście stopni.

      It's supposed to be twelve degrees tomorrow.

  6. 6.
    degree (a unit of measurement of angle equal to ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle's circumference)
    • Ta trasa nie jest zbyt trudna, ma nachylenie mniej niż 30 stopni.

      This route is not very hard, it has a slope of less than 30 degrees.

  7. 7.
    degree of comparison (a form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms)
  8. 8.
    step (the interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
  9. 9.
    degree (a unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface)
  10. 10.
    level (horizontal bar of a butcher's box)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
Related words (1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish stopień. The original Old Polish stem stopień- (genitive singular stopienia) was reanalyzed as stopń- (genitive singular stopnia).

Forms

  • st.abbreviation
Nominative
Singular
stopień
Plural
stopnie
Genitive
Singular
stopnia
Plural
stopni
Dative
Singular
stopniowi
Plural
stopniom
Accusative
Singular
stopień
Plural
stopnie
Instrumental
Singular
stopniem
Plural
stopniami
Locative
Singular
stopniu
Plural
stopniach
Vocative
Singular
stopniu
Plural
stopnie

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