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formal languages

formal languages is the plural of formal language.

Meaning of formal language

Noun

formal language (plural formal languages)

  1. A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).

Questions about formal languages

What is formal languages the plural of?
Formal languages is the plural of formal language.

Words near formal languages in the dictionary

  1. formal hall
  2. formal halls
  3. formal heresies
  4. formal heresy
  5. formal language
  6. formal languages
  7. formal logic
  8. formal logics
  9. formal ontologies
  10. formal ontology
  11. formal parameter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: formal languages (page history and authors); formal language (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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