Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metasyntactic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meta-syn-tac-tic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.

Example Sentences

"Metasyntactic values, in the sense I'm using here, are descriptive of syntax, as for example the nonterminals of a Chomsky grammar."

Etymology

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

Phrases

metasyntactic variable

Frequently Paired Words

metasyntactic variable

Questions

What does metasyntactic mean?: Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.
Where does metasyntactic come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English syntactic English metasyntactic From meta- + syntactic.

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