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word order

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Holonyms: syntax < morphosyntax < grammar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the order of words in a text

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ordering, order, ordination

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَظَام كَلَم (naẓām kalam) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Bulgarian: словоред (slovored) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Catalan: ordre dels mots — order of syntactic constituents
  • Catalan: ordre de les paraules — order of syntactic constituents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語序 /语序 (yǔxù) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 詞序 /词序 (cíxù) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Czech: slovosled — order of syntactic constituents
  • Czech: slovní pořádek — order of syntactic constituents
  • Danish: ordstilling — order of syntactic constituents
  • Dutch: woordvolgorde — order of syntactic constituents
  • Esperanto: vortordo — order of syntactic constituents
  • Finnish: sanajärjestys — order of syntactic constituents
  • French: ordre des mots — order of syntactic constituents
  • German: Wortfolge — order of syntactic constituents
  • German: Wortstellung — order of syntactic constituents
  • Hindi: शब्दानुक्रम (śabdānukram) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Hungarian: szórend — order of syntactic constituents
  • Icelandic: orðaröð — order of syntactic constituents
  • Indonesian: urutan kata — order of syntactic constituents
  • Japanese: 語順 (gojun) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Korean: 어순 (eosun) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Macedonian: збороред (zborored) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Malay: urutan kata — order of syntactic constituents
  • Mongolian: үгсийн дараалал (ügsiin daraalal) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠭᠡᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠳᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠯ (üges-ün daraɣalal) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Norman: ordre des mots — order of syntactic constituents
  • Norwegian: ordstilling — order of syntactic constituents
  • Polish: szyk wyrazów — order of syntactic constituents
  • Portuguese: ordem das palavras — order of syntactic constituents
  • Russian: поря́док слов (porjádok slov) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Slovak: slovosled — order of syntactic constituents
  • Spanish: orden de las palabras — order of syntactic constituents
  • Swedish: ordföljd — order of syntactic constituents
  • Ukrainian: поря́док слів (porjádok sliv) — order of syntactic constituents
  • Welsh: trefn eiriol — order of syntactic constituents