SYNTAGMA (syntagmata)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: syntagmata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does syntagma mean? 

• SYNTAGMA (noun)
  The noun SYNTAGMA has 1 sense:

1. a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit

  Familiarity information: SYNTAGMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNTAGMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

syntagm; syntagma

Hypernyms ("syntagma" is a kind of...):

linguistic string; string of words; word string (a linear sequence of words as spoken or written)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syntagma"):

constituent; grammatical constituent ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction)

Derivation:

syntagmatic (related as members of a syntagma)