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A person who studies grammar, either scientifically or (traditionally) unscientifically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Huddleston and Pullum are well-known grammarians of the 21st century.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grammatician, grammaticist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
A person who pedantically critiques the grammar of others' speech or writing, especially when unscientifically and misguidedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- They spent hours disabusing the misinformed rants of various armchair grammarians.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: syntactician
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: linguist, linguistic scientist
Narrower terms: Aristarchus, Donatus, Aelius Donatus, Panini
Inherited from Middle English gramarien, from Middle French gramarien, gramairien. Displaced native Old English stæfcræftiga.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نَحْوِيّ
(naḥwiyy)
— person who studies grammar
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Armenian:
քերականագետ
(kʻerakanaget)
— person who studies grammar
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Armenian:
քերական
(kʻerakan)
— person who studies grammar
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Chinese Mandarin:
語法學家 /语法学家
(yǔfǎ xuéjiā)
— person who studies grammar
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Czech:
gramatik
— person who studies grammar
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Danish:
grammatiker
— person who studies grammar
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Dutch:
grammaticus
— person who studies grammar
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Esperanto:
gramatikisto
— person who studies grammar
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Finnish:
kieliopin tutkija
— person who studies grammar
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French:
grammairien
— person who studies grammar
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French:
grammairienne
— person who studies grammar
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Galician:
gramático
— person who studies grammar
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Galician:
gramática
— person who studies grammar
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German:
Grammatiker
— person who studies grammar
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Middle High German:
grâmaticus
— person who studies grammar
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Middle High German:
gramatici
— person who studies grammar
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Greek:
γραμματικός
(grammatikós)
— person who studies grammar
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Ancient Greek:
γραμματικός
(grammatikós)
— person who studies grammar
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Hindi:
शाब्दिक
(śābdik)
— person who studies grammar
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Hindi:
वैयाकरणिक
(vaiyākarṇik)
— person who studies grammar
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Italian:
grammatico
— person who studies grammar
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Japanese:
文法家
(bunpōka)
— person who studies grammar
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Japanese:
文法学者
(bunpōgakusha)
— person who studies grammar
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Korean:
문법가
(munbeopga)
— person who studies grammar
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Latin:
grammaticus
— person who studies grammar
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Latvian:
gramatiķis
— person who studies grammar
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Latvian:
gramatiķe
— person who studies grammar
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Lithuanian:
gramatikas
— person who studies grammar
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Lithuanian:
gramatikė
— person who studies grammar
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Low German:
grammatikers
— person who studies grammar
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Macedonian:
граматичар
(gramatičar)
— person who studies grammar
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Manx:
grammeydeyr
— person who studies grammar
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Māori:
mātanga wetewete reo
— person who studies grammar
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Middle English:
gramarien
— person who studies grammar
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Old English:
stæfcræftiga
— person who studies grammar
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Persian:
نحوی
(nahvi)
— person who studies grammar
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Polish:
gramatyk
— person who studies grammar
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Portuguese:
gramático
— person who studies grammar
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Russian:
граммати́ст
(grammatíst)
— person who studies grammar
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Russian:
граммати́стка
(grammatístka)
— person who studies grammar
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Russian:
грамма́тик
(grammátik)
— person who studies grammar
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Sanskrit:
वैयाकरण
(vaiyākaraṇa)
— person who studies grammar
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Sanskrit:
शाब्दिक
(śābdika)
— person who studies grammar
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Sanskrit:
शाब्द
(śābda)
— person who studies grammar
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Slovak:
gramatik
— person who studies grammar
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Spanish:
gramático
— person who studies grammar
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Swahili:
mwanasarufi
— person who studies grammar
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Swedish:
grammatiker
— person who studies grammar
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Tagalog:
mambabalarila
— person who studies grammar
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Urdu:
قواعدداں
(qavāyaddā̃)
— person who studies grammar
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Vietnamese:
nhà ngữ pháp học
— person who studies grammar
