word
syntagm
SIN-tam
ˈsɪntæmListen
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Syllable breakdown
syntagm
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Dictionary meaning
A syntactic unit; a word or phrase that has a grammatical relationship with other elements in a sentence.
History and origin
Greek — 'syntagma' (that which is put together).
Examples
- In structuralist linguistics, a syntagm is the sequence of signs in a chain.
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