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syntaxis

/sɪnˈtæksɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syn-taxis
IPA
/sɪnˈtæksɪs/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Syntax.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A convergence of mountain ranges, or geological folds, towards a single point.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Syntaxy.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Late Latin syntaxis, from the Ancient Greek σύνταξις (súntaxis). Doublet of syntax.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: σύνταξις

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɪnˈtæksɪs/
  • British English: /sɪnˈtaksɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

syntaxes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce syntaxis?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪnˈtæksɪs/.
What does syntaxis mean?
Syntax.
Where does syntaxis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce syntaxis

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