English
Etymology
From gramarye, from Middle English gramery, from Old French gramaire (classical learning), from Latin grammatica, from Greek γÏαμματική Ï„Îχνη (art of letters), from γÏάμμα (letter), from γÏάφειν (to write), from Proto-Indo-European base *gerebh- (to scratch)
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æmə(r)|-æmə(r)
Noun
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- countable A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
- linguistics (uncountable) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
- countable A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
- comptheory (countable) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
- comptheory (countable) A formal system defining a formal language
Synonyms
i-c|in linguistics morpho-syntax (from the relationship between morphology and syntax)
Derived terms
grammarian
Translations
trans-top|rules for speaking and writing a language
Arabic: ARchar|قواعد|قَوَاعÙد unicode|(qawáËÊ•ed) p
Armenian: Ö„Õ¥Ö€Õ¡Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶Õ¸Ö‚Õ©ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ¶ (keraknutyun)
Bulgarian: граматика f
Catalan: gramà tica f
Croatian: gramatika f
Czech: mluvnice f, gramatika#Czech|gramatika f
Danish: grammatik
Dutch: spraakkunst f, grammatica f
Finnish: kielioppi
French: grammaire f
German: Grammatik f
Greek: γÏαμματική (É£ramatikÃ) f
Interlingua: grammatica
Italian: grammatica f
Japanese: 文法 (ã¶ã‚“ã½ã†, bunpÅ)
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Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ڕێزمان|trRaezmAn|scKUchar
Norwegian: grammatikk
Novial: gramatike
Polish: gramatyka f
Portuguese: gramática f
Romanian: gramatică f
Russian: грамматика (grammátika) f
Scottish Gaelic: grà mar m
Slovenian: slovnica
Spanish: gramática f
Swedish: grammatik c
Turkish: gramer, dil bilgisi
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trans-top|study of internal structure and use of words
Arabic: ARchar|علم قواعد|قَوَاعÙد unicode|(Ê•Ãlmu qawáËÊ•ed) m
Catalan: gramà tica
Croatian: gramatika f
Finnish: kielioppi
French: grammaire f
Greek: γÏαμματική (É£ramaticÃ) f
Interlingua: grammatica
Italian: grammatica f
Japanese: 文法 (ã¶ã‚“ã½ã†, bunpÅ)
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Novial: gramatike
Polish: gramatyka f
Portuguese: gramática f
Russian: грамматика (grammátika) f
Scottish Gaelic: grà mar m
Slovenian: slovnica
Spanish: gramática f
Swedish: grammatik c
Turkish: gramer, dil bilgisi
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trans-top|book describing grammar
Arabic: ARchar|قواعد|قَوَاعÙد unicode|(qawáËÊ•ed) p
Catalan: gramà tica
Croatian: gramatika f
Finnish: kielioppikirja
French: grammaire f
Greek: βιβλίο γÏαμματικής (vivlÃo É£ramaticÃs) (means "book of grammar") n, or simply γÏαμματική (É£ramaticÃ) f
Italian: grammatica f
Japanese: 文法書 (ã¶ã‚“ã½ã†ã—ょ, bunpÅsho)
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Interlingua: grammatica
Novial: gramatike
Portuguese: gramática f
Russian: грамматика (grammátika) f
Slovenian: slovnica
Swedish: grammatik c, grammatikbok c, språklära c
Turkish: gramer kitabı, dil bilgisi kitabı
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trans-top|in computing: formal system specifying the syntax of a language
Arabic: ARchar|قواعد|قَوَاعÙد unicode|(qawáËÊ•ed) p
Croatian: gramatika f
Czech: gramatika#Czech|gramatika f
Finnish: kielioppi
French: grammaire f
Greek: γÏαμματική (É£ramaticÃ) f
Japanese: 文法 (ã¶ã‚“ã½ã†, bunpÅ)
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Novial: gramatike
Portuguese: gramática f
Russian: грамматика (grammátika) f
Swedish: grammatik c
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ttbc|Basque: gramatika
ttbc|Chinese: 語法 / è¯æ³• (yÇ”fÇŽ)
ttbc|Esperanto: gramatiko
ttbc|Hungarian: nyelvtan
ttbc|Indonesian: tata bahasa
ttbc|Korean: 문법 (munbeop)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|دستور (dastûr)
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Trivia
The words "grammar" and "glamour" derive from the same root, relics of a time when being able to read and write was an arcane skill with a whiff of sorcery. A scribe was seen as enchanted ("glamorous") and with a knowledge of grammar.
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