syntax

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• /ˈsɪn.tæks/
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• homophone: sin tax
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Partly from Late Latin syntaxis and partly from its etymon, Ancient Greek σύνταξις (súntaxis), from σύν (sún, “together”) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to arrange”). Doublet of syntaxis.

205 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sintaksë — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Arabic: بِنَاء جُمْلَة (bināʔ jumla) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Arabic: نَحْو (naḥw) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Armenian: շարահյուսություն (šarahyusutʻyun) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Azerbaijani: sintaksis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Belarusian: сі́нтаксіс (síntaksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Belarusian: сы́нтаксіс (sýntaksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Bengali: বাক্যতত্ত্ব (bakkototto) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Bulgarian: синта́ксис (sintáksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Burmese: အထားအသို (a.hta:a.sui) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Catalan: sintaxi — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Cebuano: hanaysay — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Chinese Cantonese: 句法 (geoi3 faat3) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Chinese: 句法 (kù-hoat) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Chinese Mandarin: 句法 (jùfǎ) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Czech: syntax — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Danish: syntaks — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Dutch: syntaxis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Esperanto: sintakso — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Estonian: süntaks — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Finnish: lauseoppi — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Finnish: syntaksi — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• French: syntaxe — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Galician: sintaxe — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Georgian: სინტაქსი (sinṭaksi) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• German: Syntax — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• German: Satzbau — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Greek: συντακτικό (syntaktikó) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Greek: σύνταξη (sýntaxi) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Ancient Greek: σύνταξις (súntaxis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Hebrew: תַּחְבִּיר (takhbír) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Hindi: वाक्यरचना (vākyaracnā) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Hindi: वाक्यविन्यास (vākyavinyās) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Hungarian: szintaxis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Icelandic: setningafræði — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Icelandic: orðskipunarfræði — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Indonesian: sintaksis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Irish: comhréir — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Italian: sintassi — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Japanese: 統語論 (tōgoron) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Japanese: 構文論 (kōbunron) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Japanese: 統辞論 (tōjiron) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Japanese: シンタックス (shintakkusu) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Kazakh: синтаксис (sintaksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Khmer: វាក្យសម្ពន្ធ (viəkyaʼ sɑmpŭən) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Korean: 통어론 (tong'eoron) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Korean: 구문론 (gumullon) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Korean: 통사론 (tongsaron) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Korean: 신택스 (sintaekseu) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Northern Kurdish: sentaks — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Kyrgyz: синтаксис (sintaksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Lao: ວາກຍະສໍາພັນ (wāk nya sam phan) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Latin: syntaxis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Latvian: sintakse — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Lithuanian: sintaksė — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Luxembourgish: Syntax — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Macedonian: синтакса (sintaksa) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Malay: sintaksis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Māori: wetereo — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Māori: tātaikupu — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Mongolian: өгүүлбэр зүй (ögüülber züj) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Mongolian: ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ ᠵᠦᠢ (ögülebüri ǰüi) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Nepali: वाक्यपद्धति (wākyapaddhati) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Nepali: वाक्यरचना (wākyaracanā) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Nepali: वाक्यनिर्माण (wākyanirmāṇ) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Norwegian Bokmål: syntaks — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syntaks — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Occitan: sintaxi — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Pashto: نحو (nahva) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Pashto: سينټکس (sinṭiks) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Iranian Persian: نَحْو (nahv) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Polish: składnia — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Polish: syntaksa — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Polish: syntaktyka — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Portuguese: sintaxe — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Romanian: sintaxă — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Russian: си́нтаксис (síntaksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Scots: seentax — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝнтакса — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Serbo-Croatian: скла̀дња — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Serbo-Croatian: sìntaksa — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Serbo-Croatian: sklàdnja — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Slovak: syntax — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Slovene: skladnja — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Slovene: sintaksa — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Upper Sorbian: syntaksa — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Spanish: sintaxis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Swahili: sintaksia — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Swedish: syntax — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Swedish: satslära — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Tagalog: palaugnayan — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Tajik: синтаксис (sintaksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Tajik: наҳв (nahv) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Thai: วากยสัมพันธ์ (wâak-gà-yá-sǎm-pan) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Turkish: sözdizimi — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Turkish: sentaks — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Turkmen: sintaksis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Ukrainian: си́нтаксис (sýntaksys) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Urdu: نَحْو (nahv) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Uyghur: سىنتاكسىس (sintaksis) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Uzbek: sintaksis — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Vietnamese: cú pháp — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Welsh: cystrawen — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Yiddish: סינטאַקס (sintaks) — set of rules that govern how words are combined
• Belarusian: сі́нтаксіс (síntaksis) — formal rules of a computer language
• Belarusian: сы́нтаксіс (sýntaksis) — formal rules of a computer language
• Bulgarian: синта́ксис (sintáksis) — formal rules of a computer language
• Chinese Mandarin: 句法 (jùfǎ) — formal rules of a computer language
• Chinese Mandarin: 文法 (wénfǎ) — formal rules of a computer language
• Dutch: syntaxis — formal rules of a computer language
• Finnish: syntaksi — formal rules of a computer language
• French: syntaxe — formal rules of a computer language
• Georgian: სინტაქსი (sinṭaksi) — formal rules of a computer language
• German: Syntax — formal rules of a computer language
• Greek: συντακτικό (syntaktikó) — formal rules of a computer language
• Icelandic: málskipan — formal rules of a computer language
• Irish: comhréir — formal rules of a computer language
• Italian: sintassi — formal rules of a computer language
• Japanese: 文法 (bunpō) — formal rules of a computer language
• Japanese: 構文 (kōbun) — formal rules of a computer language
• Japanese: シンタックス (shintakkusu) — formal rules of a computer language
• Māori: tātaikupu — formal rules of a computer language
• Norwegian Bokmål: syntaks — formal rules of a computer language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syntaks — formal rules of a computer language
• Persian: نَحو (nahv) — formal rules of a computer language
• Polish: składnia — formal rules of a computer language
• Polish: syntaksa — formal rules of a computer language
• Polish: syntaktyka — formal rules of a computer language
• Portuguese: sintaxe — formal rules of a computer language
• Romanian: sintaxă — formal rules of a computer language
• Russian: си́нтаксис (síntaksis) — formal rules of a computer language
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝнтакса — formal rules of a computer language
• Serbo-Croatian: скла̀дња — formal rules of a computer language
• Serbo-Croatian: sìntaksa — formal rules of a computer language
• Serbo-Croatian: sklàdnja — formal rules of a computer language
• Spanish: sintaxis — formal rules of a computer language
• Swedish: syntax — formal rules of a computer language
• Swedish: grammatik — formal rules of a computer language
• Tagalog: palaugnayan — formal rules of a computer language
• Ukrainian: си́нтаксис (sýntaksys) — formal rules of a computer language
• Yiddish: סינטאַקס (sintaks) — formal rules of a computer language
• Belarusian: сі́нтаксіс (síntaksis) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Belarusian: сы́нтаксіс (sýntaksis) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Bulgarian: синта́ксис (sintáksis) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Cebuano: hanaysay — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Chinese Cantonese: 句法學 /句法学 (geoi3 faat3 hok6) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Chinese Cantonese: 語法學 /语法学 (jyu5 faat3 hok6) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Chinese Mandarin: 句法學 /句法学 (jùfǎxué) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Chinese Mandarin: 語法學 /语法学 (yǔfǎxué) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Czech: syntax — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Czech: syntaxe — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Dutch: zinsleer — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Dutch: syntaxis — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Faroese: orðalagslæra — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Finnish: lauseoppi — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Finnish: syntaksi — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• French: syntaxe — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Georgian: სინტაქსი (sinṭaksi) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• German: Satzlehre — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• German: Syntax — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Greek: συντακτικό (syntaktikó) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Hindi: वाक्यविन्यास (vākyavinyās) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Hindi: वाक्यरचना (vākyaracnā) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Hungarian: mondattan — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Icelandic: setningafræði — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Icelandic: orðskipunarfræði — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Irish: comhréir — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Japanese: 統語論 (tōgoron) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Japanese: 構文論 (kōbunron) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Japanese: 統辞論 (tōjiron) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Japanese: シンタックス (shintakkusu) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Khmer: វាក្យសម្ពន្ធ (viəkyaʼ sɑmpŭən) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Korean: 통사론 (tongsaron) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Korean: 구문론 (gumullon) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Korean: 문장론 (munjangnon) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Korean: 신택스 (sintaekseu) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Korean: 월갈 (wolgal) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Korean: 통어론 (tong'eoron) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Latin: syntaxis — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Māori: wetereo — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Norwegian Bokmål: syntaks — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syntaks — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Persian: نَحو (nahv) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Polish: składnia — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Polish: syntaksa — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Polish: syntaktyka — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Portuguese: sintaxe — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Romanian: sintaxă — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Russian: си́нтаксис (síntaksis) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝнтакса — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Serbo-Croatian: скла̀дња — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Serbo-Croatian: sìntaksa — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Serbo-Croatian: sklàdnja — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Slovak: syntax — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Slovene: skladnja — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Spanish: sintaxis — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Swahili: sintaksia — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Swedish: syntax — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Swedish: grammatik — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Tagalog: palaugnayan — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Thai: วากยสัมพันธ์ (wâak-gà-yá-sǎm-pan) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Ukrainian: си́нтаксис (sýntaksys) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Vietnamese: cú pháp học — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Welsh: gwyddor cystrawen — study of the structure of phrases and sentences
• Yiddish: סינטאַקס (sintaks) — study of the structure of phrases and sentences