syntax

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English

Etymology

Partly from Late Latin syntaxis and partly from its etymon, Ancient Greek σύνταξις (súntaxis), from σύν (sún, “together”) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”), from τάσσω (tássō, “I arrange”). Doublet of syntaxis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.tæks/
• Homophone: sin tax

Noun

syntax (countable and uncountable, plural syntaxes)

1. A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
2. (computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
3. (linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

Usage notes

The joke plural syntices occasionally occurs in blogs (by false analogy with matrix etc.).

Synonyms

• (grammar): syntaxis

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• grammar
• morphology
• word order

References

Czech

Noun

syntax f (related adjective syntaktický)

1. (linguistics, computing) syntax

   Synonyms: syntaxe f, skladba

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.taks/

Noun

syntax f (genitive singular syntaxe, nominative plural syntaxe, genitive plural syntaxí, declension pattern of dlaň)

1. syntax (linguistics)

Declension

Derived terms

• syntaktický
• syntakticky

Further reading

• “syntax”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

Noun

syntax c

1. a syntax, a (formal) grammar

Declension

References

• syntax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)