noun · verb · 8 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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Received-Pronunciation:/pɑːz/
Received-Pronunciation:[phɑːz]
General-American:/pɑɹs/
General-American:/pɑɹz/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)z
rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)s
homophone: pass (non-rhotic, trap–bath split)
CMU ARPABET:P AA1 R S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An act of parsing; a parsing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: construe
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To examine closely; to scrutinize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
History
Etymology
Possibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
解析
(jiěxī)
— act of parsing
Dutch:
ontleding
— act of parsing
Dutch:
analyse
— act of parsing
Finnish:
jäsentäminen
— act of parsing
Finnish:
jäsennys
— act of parsing
Finnish:
lauseenjäsennys
— act of parsing
Finnish:
jäsentely
— act of parsing
French:
analyse
— act of parsing
Japanese:
パーズ
(pāzu)
— act of parsing
Japanese:
解析
(kaiseki)
— act of parsing
Russian:
ана́лиз
(análiz)
— act of parsing
Russian:
разбо́р
(razbór)
— act of parsing
Serbo-Croatian:
parsiranje
— act of parsing
Spanish:
procesamiento
— act of parsing
Spanish:
análisis
— act of parsing
Swedish:
parsning
— act of parsing
Swedish:
syntaxanalys
— act of parsing
Dutch:
ontleding
— result of parsing
Dutch:
analyse
— result of parsing
Dutch:
parse
— result of parsing
Finnish:
jäsennys
— result of parsing
Spanish:
resultado
— result of parsing
Spanish:
análisis
— result of parsing
Chinese Mandarin:
解析
(jiěxī)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Chinese Mandarin:
剖析
(pōuxì)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Dutch:
analyseren
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Dutch:
ontleden
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Finnish:
jäsentää
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
French:
analyser
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
French:
décomposer
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
German:
analysieren
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Hebrew:
פירק
(perék)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Hebrew:
פענח
(pianéakh)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Hungarian:
elemez
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Ido:
analizar
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Italian:
analizzare
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Japanese:
解析する
(kaiseki suru)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Japanese:
パーズする
(pāzu suru)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Portuguese:
analisar
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Portuguese:
decompor
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Russian:
анализи́ровать
(analizírovatʹ)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Russian:
разбира́ть
(razbirátʹ)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Russian:
разобра́ть
(razobrátʹ)
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Serbo-Croatian:
analizirati
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Spanish:
analizar
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Spanish:
descomponer
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Spanish:
desglosar
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Spanish:
diseccionar
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Spanish:
disecar
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Swedish:
analysera
— (linguistics) to resolve into elements
Chinese Mandarin:
解析
(jiěxī)
— (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
Chinese Mandarin:
剖析
(pōuxì)
— (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
Finnish:
jäsentää
— (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
French:
parser
— (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
Serbo-Croatian:
parsirati
— (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
Spanish:
parsear
— (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
Catalan:
analitzar
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Dutch:
ontleden
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Dutch:
parsen
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Finnish:
jäsentää
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
French:
séparer
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
German:
zerteilen
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
German:
parsen
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Hungarian:
elemez
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Icelandic:
þátta
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Malay:
hurai
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Māori:
poroporo
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Polish:
parsować
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Portuguese:
processar
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Serbo-Croatian:
parsirati
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Spanish:
parsear
— (''computing'') to split data into pieces
Finnish:
jäsentyä
— (computing, linguistics) to conform to rules of grammar
Spanish:
parsear
— (computing, linguistics) to conform to rules of grammar