degre

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, (hence the variant ); equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) Someone's personal characteristics, position, or background:
 * 2) A degree or generation of ancestry; a stage in one's family history.
 * 3) Social or professional standing or status; one's position in society or a subset of it.
 * 4) People of a certain status or ranking; a group defined by status.
 * 5) Prestigiousness or achievement, especially that earned in battle.
 * 6)  One's lineage or ancestry; one's family background.
 * 7) The state, quality, or status of something; something's current characteristics:
 * 8) A distinguishing quantity; degree, amount, or extent:
 * 9)  A type or extent of grammatical comparison.
 * 10)  A degree of severity of medical conditions.
 * 11) The status of something on a scale relating to other things
 * 12) The state of one's behaviour; one's way, bearing, or method.
 * 13)  The inherent state or quality of something; something's intrinsic characteristics.
 * 14)  Something as marked by its distinguishing features; a variety or sort of something.
 * 15)  An angular measurement amounting to 1/360 of a circle.
 * 16) A measurement of time amounting to around four minutes.
 * 17) A degree educational qualification handed out by tertiary institutions
 * 18) A step, gree or rung; a part of a staircase.
 * 19) A stage as part of a scale of virtues or values.
 * 20)  The length covered by a step or movement of one's feet.