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syntactic salt

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Additions to a programming language that make it harder to write bad code.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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History

Etymology

Coined analogously with syntactic sugar.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 語法鹽 /语法盐 (yǔfǎ yán) — Translations
  • Dutch: syntactisch zout — Translations
  • French: sel syntaxique — Translations
  • German: syntaktisches Salz — Translations
  • Ido: sintaxala salo — Translations
  • Italian: sale sintattico — Translations
  • Polish: sól składniowa — Translations
  • Portuguese: sal sintático — Translations
  • Russian: синтакси́ческая со́ль (sintaksíčeskaja sólʹ) — Translations
  • Spanish: sal sintáctica — Translations
  • Swedish: syntaktiskt salt — Translations
  • Turkish: sözdizimsel tuz — Translations
  • Ukrainian: синтаксична сіль (syntaksyčna silʹ) — Translations