Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grammatical

/ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: gram-mat-i-cal
IPA: /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.

adj

Of or pertaining to grammar.

Example Sentences

"Your writing in English is not grammatical enough for publication, so we will hire an editor to fix it where necessary while preserving the intended meaning."
"These unidiomatic utterances are easily comprehensible but are not grammatical."
"[Otto] Jespersen, a language professor known for his expertise in syntax and language development, stated that headlinese is not really grammatical writing."
"The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors."

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

Word Breakdown

Root: *gerbʰ-

Inflected Forms

more grammatical (comparative) most grammatical (superlative)

Derived Forms

antegrammatical antigrammatical cryptogrammatical extragrammatical grammaticality grammaticalization grammaticalize grammatically grammaticalness hypergrammatical lexicogrammatical metagrammatical

Phrases

grammatical alternation grammatical aspect grammatical case grammatical category grammatical gender grammatical mood grammatical person grammatical word

Frequently Paired Words

idiomatic

Synonyms

grammatic well-formed

Antonyms

ungrammatical agrammatical ungrammatic

Questions

How do you pronounce grammatical?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/.
What does grammatical mean?: Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.
Where does grammatical come from?: From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

How to pronounce grammatical

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