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syntaxis

UK/sɪnˈtaksɪs//sɪnˈtæksɪs/

syntaxis noun: syntax.

Noun

syntaxis (countable and uncountable, plural syntaxes)

  1. (archaic) Syntax.
  2. A convergence of mountain ranges, or geological folds, towards a single point.
  3. Syntaxy.

Forms of syntaxis

pluralsyntaxes

Origin of syntaxis

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

Questions about syntaxis

What does syntaxis mean?
Syntaxis means syntax.
What part of speech is syntaxis?
Syntaxis is a noun.
How do you pronounce syntaxis?
Syntaxis is pronounced /sɪnˈtaksɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of syntaxis?
The plural of syntaxis is syntaxes.

Words near syntaxis in the dictionary

  1. syntaxes
  2. syntaxial
  3. syntaxially
  4. syntaxin
  5. syntaxins
  6. syntaxis
  7. syntaxist
  8. syntaxists
  9. syntaxless
  10. syntaxon
  11. syntaxonomic

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