Just imagine that every time somebody made a grammar mistake, people only could answer "Syntax error." and leave the somebody with that.
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Syntax
//ˈsɪn.tæks//
Synonyms for "syntax" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
204 translations across 78 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sintaksë noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σύνταξις noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Arabic
2 entries- بِنَاء جُمْلَة noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- نَحْو noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Armenian
1 entries- շարահյուսություն noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sintaksis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Belarusian
4 entries- сы́нтаксіс noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- сы́нтаксіс noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- сы́нтаксіс noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- сі́нтаксіс noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Bulgarian
3 entries- синта́ксис noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- синта́ксис noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- синта́ксис noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Burmese
1 entries- အထားအသို noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Catalan
1 entries- sintaxi noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Cebuano
2 entries- hanaysay noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- hanaysay noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Chinese
1 entries- 句法 noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 句法 noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- 句法學 /句法学 noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- 語法學 /语法学 noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 句法 noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- 句法 noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- 句法學 /句法学 noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- 文法 noun (formal rules of a computer language)
Czech
3 entries- syntax noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntax noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- syntaxe noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Danish
1 entries- syntaks noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Dutch
4 entries- syntaxis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntaxis noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- syntaxis noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- zinsleer noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Esperanto
1 entries- sintakso noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Estonian
1 entries- süntaks noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Faroese
1 entries- orðalagslæra noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Finnish
4 entries- lauseoppi noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- lauseoppi noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- syntaksi noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntaksi noun (formal rules of a computer language)
French
3 entries- syntaxe noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntaxe noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- syntaxe noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Galician
1 entries- sintaxe noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Georgian
3 entries- სინტაქსი noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- სინტაქსი noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- სინტაქსი noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
German
4 entries- Satzbau noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- Satzlehre noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- Syntax noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- Syntax noun (formal rules of a computer language)
Greek
4 entries- συντακτικό noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- συντακτικό noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- συντακτικό noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- σύνταξη noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Hebrew
1 entries- תַּחְבִּיר noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Hindi
4 entries- वाक्यरचना noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- वाक्यरचना noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- वाक्यविन्यास noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- वाक्यविन्यास noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Hungarian
2 entries- mondattan noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- szintaxis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Icelandic
4 entries- málskipan noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- orðskipunarfræði noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- orðskipunarfræði noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- setningafræði noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Indonesian
1 entries- sintaksis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- نَحْو noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Irish
3 entries- comhréir noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- comhréir noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- comhréir noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Italian
2 entries- sintassi noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- sintassi noun (formal rules of a computer language)
Japanese
4 entries- シンタックス noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- シンタックス noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- シンタックス noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- 文法 noun (formal rules of a computer language)
Kazakh
1 entries- синтаксис noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Khmer
2 entries- វាក្យសម្ពន្ធ noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- វាក្យសម្ពន្ធ noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Korean
4 entries- 구문론 noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- 구문론 noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- 문장론 noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- 신택스 noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- синтаксис noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Lao
1 entries- ວາກຍະສຳພັນ noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Latin
2 entries- syntaxis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntaxis noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Latvian
1 entries- sintakse noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sintaksė noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Syntax noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Macedonian
1 entries- синтакса noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Malay
1 entries- sintaksis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Mongolian
2 entries- өгүүлбэр зүй noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ ᠵᠦᠢ noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Māori
4 entries- tātaikupu noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- tātaikupu noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- wetereo noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- wetereo noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Nepali
3 entries- वाक्यनिर्माण noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- वाक्यपद्धति noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- वाक्यरचना noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sentaks noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- syntaks noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntaks noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- syntaks noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- syntaks noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntaks noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- syntaks noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Occitan
1 entries- sintaxi noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Pashto
2 entries- سينټکس noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- نحو noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Persian
2 entries- نَحو noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- نَحو noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Polish
4 entries- składnia noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- składnia noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- składnia noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- syntaksa noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Portuguese
3 entries- sintaxe noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- sintaxe noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- sintaxe noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Romanian
3 entries- sintaxă noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- sintaxă noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- sintaxă noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Russian
3 entries- си́нтаксис noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- си́нтаксис noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- си́нтаксис noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Scots
1 entries- seentax noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sklàdnja noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- sklàdnja noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- sklàdnja noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- sìntaksa noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Slovak
2 entries- syntax noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntax noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Slovene
3 entries- sintaksa noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- skladnja noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- skladnja noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Spanish
3 entries- sintaxis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- sintaxis noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- sintaxis noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Swahili
2 entries- sintaksia noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- sintaksia noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Swedish
4 entries- grammatik noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- grammatik noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
- satslära noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- syntax noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Tagalog
3 entries- palaugnayan noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- palaugnayan noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- palaugnayan noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Tajik
2 entries- наҳв noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- синтаксис noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Thai
2 entries- วากยสัมพันธ์ noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- วากยสัมพันธ์ noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Turkish
2 entries- sentaks noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- sözdizimi noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Turkmen
1 entries- sintaksis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Ukrainian
3 entries- си́нтаксис noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- си́нтаксис noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- си́нтаксис noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- syntaksa noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Urdu
1 entries- نَحْو noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Uyghur
1 entries- سىنتاكسىس noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Uzbek
1 entries- sintaksis noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cú pháp noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- cú pháp học noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Welsh
2 entries- cystrawen noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- gwyddor cystrawen noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Yiddish
3 entries- סינטאַקס noun (set of rules that govern how words are combined)
- סינטאַקס noun (formal rules of a computer language)
- סינטאַקס noun (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The syntax of Python scripts is very simple.
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Am I to contribute either colourful and interesting sentences or those that illustrate basic syntax?
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I don't know German syntax very well.
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