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/ˈsɪntæks/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
"The student struggled with the complex syntax of the Latin sentence." - 2
The rules governing the structure of sentences in a given language or programming language.
"A single missing semicolon can cause a syntax error in your code."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek suntaxis, from sun- 'together' + tassein 'arrange'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "syntax" is said worldwide
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syntaxe
Transliteration: sintaks
"La syntaxe de cette phrase est incorrecte."
Syntax
Transliteration: zɪntaks
"Die Syntax dieser Programmiersprache ist sehr streng."
sintassi
Transliteration: sintassi
"Devi studiare la sintassi prima di scrivere il codice."
sintaxis
Transliteration: sintaksis
"El profesor explicó la sintaxis del subjuntivo."
sintaxe
Transliteration: sintaksi
"Erros de sintaxe impedem o programa de compilar."
वाky-виньяْس
Transliteration: vakya vinyas
Script: वाक्यविन्यास
"इस भाषा का वाक्यविन्यास बहुत कठिन है।"
句法
Transliteration: jùfǎ
"这门编程语言的句法很简单。"
통사론
Transliteration: tong-saron
"프로그래밍을 할 때 올바른 구문(syntax) 규칙을 따라야 합니다."
統語論
Transliteration: tōgoron
"プログラミング言語の構文エラーを見つける。"
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