Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metagrammar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meta-gram-mar
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A formal grammar that describes a set of possible grammars.

Countable

noun

The study of systems of grammar.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"SGML is the metagrammar in which HTML is defined."

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English grammar English metagrammar From meta- + grammar.

Usage

Inflected Forms

metagrammars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

metagrammatical metagrammatically metalanguage metasyntax

Synonyms

grammatics

Questions

What does metagrammar mean?: A formal grammar that describes a set of possible grammars.
Where does metagrammar come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English grammar English metagrammar From meta- + grammar.

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