SYNTAGM
Dictionary entry overview: What does syntagm mean? • SYNTAGM (noun)
The noun SYNTAGM has 1 sense:
1. a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
Familiarity information: SYNTAGM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SYNTAGM (noun)
Meaning:
A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
syntagm; syntagma
Hypernyms ("syntagm" is a kind of...):
linguistic string; string of words; word string (a linear sequence of words as spoken or written)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syntagm"):
constituent; grammatical constituent ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction)
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