syntagm


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
syntagm /ˈsɪntam/ (also syntagma /sɪnˈtagmə/)
noun (pl. syntagms, syntagmas, or syntagmata /-mətə/) Linguistics a set of forms in a sequential relationship. Often contrasted with paradigm.
– derivatives
syntagmatic /ˌsɪntagˈmatɪk/ adjective,
syntagmatically adverb,
syntagmatics plural noun.
– origin C17: via late L. from Gk suntagma, from suntassein ‘arrange together’.
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