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grammar
- /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ Australia, UK
- /ˈɡɹæm.ɚ/ Canada, US
- [ˈɡɹɛə̯m.ɚ] Canada, US
- [ˈɡɹæːm.ɚ] Canada
- [ˈɡɹam.ɚ] Canada
Rhymes with -æmə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English gramere, from Old French gramaire (“classical learning”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *grammāria, an alteration of Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve, scratch”). Displaced native Old English stæfcræft; a doublet of glamour, glamoury, gramarye, and grimoire. Piecewise doublet of grammatic.
noun grammars · grammary · grammer
- A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
- The study of such a system.
- Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
- A book describing the grammar (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2) of a language.
- A formal system specifying the syntax of a language. Because real lexicons are big and complex, from a software engineering perspective it is best to write simple grammars that have a simple, well-defined way, of pulling out the information they need from vast lexicons. That is, grammars should be thought of as separate entities which can access the i
- A formal system defining a formal language.
- The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill. We must learn a new grammar of power in a world that is made up more of the common good – or the common bad – than of self-interest or national interest.
- A book describing these rules or principles; a textbook. a grammar of geography
- Ellipsis of grammar school He’s the old man’s only son. Some baby! Yep, right behind ya. Nope, he donno me. I was in Grammar when he was in High.
- A set of component patterns, along with the rules for connecting them, which can be combined to form more complex patterns such as large still lifes, oscillators, and spaceships. Hickerson has a computer program which found a spaceship with speed c/3. In fact a whole grammar of them.
Similar: glomery
verb grammars · grammaring · grammared · grammary · grammer
- To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. She is in her Moods, and her Tenses: / I'll Grammar with you, / And make a trial how I can decline you
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: elementary, exocentric, endocentric, primary, secondary, baccalaureate, morphology, syntax, linguistics, morphosyntax, accidence, orthography, phrasing, construction, diction, rules
noun
Similar: glomery
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noun rules for speaking and writing a language
| Español | gramática |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 문법 munbeop |
| 日本語 | 文法 bunpō |
| 中文 | 語法 /语法 yǔfǎ, 文法 wénfǎ |
| हिन्दी | व्याकरण vyākraṇ, ब्याकरण byākraṇ |
| Kiswahili | sarufi |
| Português | gramática |
| Français | grammaire |
| Deutsch | Grammatik, Sprachlehre |
| Italiano | grammatica |
| Ελληνικά | γραμματική grammatikí |
| Română | gramatică |
| Русский | грамма́тика grammátika |
| Tiếng Việt | ngữ pháp, văn phạm |
| العربية | قَوَاعِد qawāʕid, نَحْو naḥw |
| עברית | דִּקְדּוּק dikdúk |
noun book describing grammar
| Español | gramática |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 문법책 munbeopchaek |
| 日本語 | 文法書 bunpōsho |
| Português | gramática |
| Français | grammaire |
| Deutsch | Grammatik, Sprachlehre |
| Italiano | grammatica |
| Ελληνικά | γραμματική grammatikí |
| Русский | уче́бник по грамма́тике učébnik po grammátike, грамма́тика grammátika |
| العربية | قَوَاعِد qawāʕid |
noun in computing: formal system specifying the syntax of a language
| 日本語 | 文法 bunpō |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 語法 /语法 yǔfǎ |
| Português | gramática |
| Français | grammaire |
| Deutsch | Grammatik |
| Italiano | grammatica |
| Ελληνικά | γραμματική grammatikí |
| Русский | грамма́тика grammátika |
| العربية | قَوَاعِد qawāʕid |
noun study of internal structure and use of words
| Español | gramática |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | Korean: 문법 munbeop, 문법학 munbeophak |
| 日本語 | 文法 bunpō |
| Português | gramática |
| Français | grammaire |
| Deutsch | Grammatik, Grammatiktheorie, Sprachlehre, Sprachkunst |
| Italiano | grammatica |
| Ελληνικά | γραμματική grammatikí |
| Русский | грамма́тика grammátika |
| العربية | عِلْم قَوَاعِد ʕilm qawāʕid |
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