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grammatical

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • grəmăt'ĭkəl
  • /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: G R AH0 M AE1 T AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: G R AH0 M AE1 T IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Your writing in English is not grammatical enough for publication, so we will hire an editor to fix it where necessary while preserving the intended meaning.
  • These unidiomatic utterances are easily comprehensible but are not grammatical.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grammatic

Antonyms: ungrammatical, agrammatical, ungrammatic

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to grammar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grammatic

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • spoke in grammatical sentences

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: well-formed

Antonyms: ungrammatical

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or pertaining to grammar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the grammatic structure of a sentence
  • grammatical rules
  • grammatical gender

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grammatic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

Across languages

Translations

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: grammatikaal — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Albanian: gramatikor — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Arabic: نَحْوِيّ (naḥwiyy) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Armenian: քերականորեն ճիշտ (kʻerakanoren čišt) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Belarusian: граматы́чны (hramatýčny) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Bulgarian: грамати́чески (gramatíčeski) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Catalan: gramatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通順 /通顺 (tōngshùn) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無語病的 /无语病的 (wú yǔbìng de) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Czech: gramatický — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Danish: grammatisk — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Danish: grammatikalsk — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Dutch: grammaticaal — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Esperanto: laŭgramatika — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Finnish: kieliopillinen — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • French: grammatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Galician: gramatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Georgian: გრამატიკული (gramaṭiḳuli) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Georgian: სწორი (sc̣ori) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Georgian: გრამატიკულად სწორი (gramaṭiḳulad sc̣ori) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Georgian: მართებული (martebuli) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Georgian: გრამატიკულად მართებული (gramaṭiḳulad martebuli) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • German: grammatisch — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • German: grammatikalisch — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Greek: γραμματικός (grammatikós) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Ancient Greek: γραμματικός (grammatikós) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Hebrew: דִקְדוּקִי (dikdukí) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Hungarian: nyelvtanilag/nyelvileg helyes — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Hungarian: jól formált — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Icelandic: grammatískur — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Italian: grammaticale — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Japanese: 文法的な (bunpōteki na) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Korean: 문법적 (munbeopjeok) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Latin: grammaticālis — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Lombard: gramatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Macedonian: граматички (gramatički) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Malay: gramatis — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Manx: grammeydagh — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Norman: granmatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Polish: gramatyczny — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Portuguese: gramatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Portuguese: gramático — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Romanian: gramatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Russian: граммати́чный (grammatíčnyj) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Serbo-Croatian: грама̀тичкӣ — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Serbo-Croatian: gramàtičkī — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Slovak: gramatický — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Slovene: slóvničen — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Spanish: gramatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Swedish: grammatisk — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Thai: ตามไวยากรณ์ (dtaam wai-yaa-gɔɔn) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Ukrainian: грамати́чний (hramatýčnyj) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Vehes: gramatical — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • West Frisian: grammatikaal — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Yiddish: גראַמאַטיש (gramatish) — acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar
  • Afrikaans: grammatikaal — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Albanian: gramatikor — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Arabic: نَحْوِيّ (naḥwiyy) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Armenian: քերականական (kʻerakanakan) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Azerbaijani: qrammatik — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Belarusian: граматы́чны (hramatýčny) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Breton: yezhadurel — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Bulgarian: грамати́чески (gramatíčeski) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語法的 /语法的 (yǔfǎ de) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Czech: gramatický — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Danish: grammatisk — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Danish: grammatikalsk — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Dutch: grammaticaal — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Esperanto: gramatika — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Finnish: kieliopillinen — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Finnish: kielioppi- — of or pertaining to grammar
  • French: grammatical — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Georgian: გრამატიკული (gramaṭiḳuli) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • German: grammatisch — of or pertaining to grammar
  • German: grammatikalisch — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Greek: γραμματικός (grammatikós) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Hebrew: דִקְדוּקִי (dikdukí) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Hungarian: nyelvtani — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Icelandic: grammatískur — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Icelandic: málfræðilegur — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Italian: grammaticale — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Japanese: 文法的な (bunpōteki na) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Kazakh: грамматикалық (grammatikalyq) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Korean: 문법적 (munbeopjeok) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Kyrgyz: грамматикалык (grammatikalık) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Latin: grammaticālis — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Low German: grammatisch — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Macedonian: граматички (gramatički) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Manx: grammeydagh — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Norman: granmatical — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grammatisk — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grammatisk — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Iranian Persian: دَسْتوری (dasturi) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Iranian Persian: صَرْف و نَحْوی (sarf o nahvi) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Polish: gramatyczny — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Portuguese: gramático — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Portuguese: gramatical — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Romanian: gramatical — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Russian: граммати́ческий (grammatíčeskij) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Serbo-Croatian: грама̀тичкӣ — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Serbo-Croatian: gramàtičkī — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Slovak: gramatický — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Slovene: slovničen — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Spanish: gramático — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Swedish: grammatisk — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Tajik: грамматикӣ (grammatiki) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Turkish: dil bilgisi — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Ukrainian: грамати́чний (hramatýčnyj) — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Uzbek: grammatik — of or pertaining to grammar
  • West Frisian: grammatikaal — of or pertaining to grammar
  • Yiddish: גראַמאַטיש (gramatish) — of or pertaining to grammar
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