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formal language

noun formal languages

  1. A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).

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noun set of finite strings

Españollenguaje formal
한국어형식 언어 hyeongsik eoneo
日本語形式言語 keishiki gengo
中文形式語言 /形式语言 xíngshì yǔyán
हिन्दीऔपचारिक भाषा aupcārik bhāṣā
Portuguêslinguagem formal
Françaislangage formel
Deutschformale Sprache
Italianolinguaggio formale
Ελληνικάτυπική γλώσσα typikí glóssa
Românălimbaj formal
Русскийформа́льный язы́к formálʹnyj jazýk
Tiếng Việtngôn ngữ hình thức, ký ngữ hình thức
العربيةلُغَة رَسْمِيَّة luḡa rasmiyya, لُغَة مُتَصَرِّفَة luḡa mutaṣarrifa, لُغَة صُورِيَّة luḡa ṣūriyya
עבריתשָׂפָה פוֹרְמָלִית safá formalít, שָׂפָה רִשְׁמִית safá rishmít

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@misc{formal_language_2026,
  title = {formal language},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/formal%20language},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}