Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grammaticality

/ɡɹəˌmæt.ɪˈkæl.ɪ.ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: gram-mat-i-cal-i-ty
IPA: /ɡɹəˌmæt.ɪˈkæl.ɪ.ti/

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

(of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar (being grammatical).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One cannot consistently judge the grammaticality of utterances without knowing what grammatical types their constituent morphemes represent."
"Note that we can think of grammaticality as a continuous measure, with a cutoff at zero frequency. That is, some structures are more grammatical than others, when the rules that they use are the more common ones."

Etymology

Etymology tree English grammatical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English grammaticality From grammatical + -ity.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɡɹəˌmæt.ɪˈkæl.ɪ.ti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

grammaticalities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

grammaticity idiomaticity idiomaticness

Synonyms

grammaticalness

Rhymes With

reality personality sexuality hospitality morality mentality homosexuality locality brutality confidentiality plurality legality

Questions

How do you pronounce grammaticality?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹəˌmæt.ɪˈkæl.ɪ.ti/.
What does grammaticality mean?: (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar (being grammatical).
Where does grammaticality come from?: Etymology tree English grammatical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English grammaticality From grammatical + -ity.

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