Syntax

Noun

 * 1) A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
 * 2)  The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
 * 3)  The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.

Derived terms

 * syntactic
 * syntactician

Related terms

 * syntax error
 * syntax highlighting

Thesaurus
IC analysis, allocation, allotment, apportionment, appositive, arrangement, array, arraying, attribute, attributive, collation, collocation, complement, constitution, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, deployment, direct object, disposal, disposition, distribution, filler, form, form-function unit, formation, formulation, function, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, levels, marshaling, modifier, object, order, ordering, phrase structure, placement, predicate, qualifier, ranks, regimentation, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, strata, structure, structuring, subject, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, tagmeme, underlying structure, word arrangement, word order

Etymology
σύνταξις:, from σύν: + τάξις:, from τάσσω:.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"sIn.t{ks/}}

Translations

 * Arabic: بناء جملة
 * Armenian: շարահյուսություն (šarahyusut'yun)
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Esperanto: sintakso
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: συντακτικό,


 * Japanese: (tōgohō)
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: نحو
 * Polish: składnia, syntaksa
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: seentax
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: syntax, grammatik
 * Vietnamese: cú pháp


 * Croatian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese: 文法 (bunpō), 構文 (kōbun), (sintakkusu)
 * Persian: نحو


 * Polish: składnia, syntaksa
 * Portuguese: sintaxe
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: syntax, grammatik


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 句法, 语法学
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek: συντακτικό
 * Japanese: (tōgoron)


 * Persian: نحو
 * Polish: składnia, syntaksa
 * Portuguese: sintaxe
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: syntax, grammatik


 * : 造句 SYN：morphology
 * : syntaxis
 * : sintakso
 * : Syntax
 * : syntaxe
 * : sintassi
 * : syntaxis
 * : جمله‌شناسی (jomle-shenasi), نحو (nahv)

Noun

 * 1) syntax

Synonyms

 * syntaxe

Noun

 * 1) a syntax, a (formal) grammar