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noun 
  1. (countable) A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
  2. (linguistics) (uncountable) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
  3. (countable) A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
  4. (comptheory) (countable) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
  5. (comptheory) (countable) A formal system defining a formal language
Translations: 
  • Dutch: spraakkunst , grammatica
  • French: grammaire
  • German: Grammatik
  • Italian: grammatica
  • Spanish: gramí¡tica
Etymology: From gramarye, from Middle English gramery, from Old French gramaire (classical learning), from Latin grammatica, from Greek (art of letters), from (letter), from (to write), from Proto-Indo-European base
  • gerebh- (to scratch)


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