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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSyntactic
/sɪnˈtæk.tɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax in a language.
"The sentence contains a minor syntactic error that changes its entire meaning." - 2
In computer science, relating to the formal rules governing the structure of code symbols rather than their meaning.
"The compiler successfully performed a syntactic check on the source code."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'syntaktikos', relating to 'syntaxis' (arrangement or setting together), which entered English in the mid-17th century through Neo-Latin. It evolved to describe the structural arrangement of words within a sentence in grammar and, later, formal language theory in computer science.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Syntactic" is said worldwide
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syntaxique
Transliteration: sɛ̃.tak.tik
"Cette phrase présente une structure syntaxique complexe."
syntaktisch
Transliteration: zʏnˈtaktɪʃ
"Der Satz ist syntaktisch korrekt, aber schwer verständlich."
sintattico
Transliteration: sinˈtat.ti.ko
"C'è un errore sintattico nel codice sorgente."
sintáctico
Transliteration: sinˈtak.ti.ko
"El análisis sintáctico revela la estructura de la oración."
sintático
Transliteration: sĩˈta.tiku
"O programa encontrou um erro sintático na linha cinco."
वाक्य-संबंधी
Transliteration: vakya-sambandhi
"इस वाक्य में वाक्य-संबंधी त्रुटि है।"
句法的
Transliteration: jùfǎ de
"这个句子在句法上没有问题。"
통사적
Transliteration: tongsa-jeok
"이 문장은 통사적 구조가 매우 독특하다."
統語的
Transliteration: tōgoteki
"この表現は統語的に正しい。"
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