sintaxe

Portuguese

Alternative forms

syntaxe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin syntaxis, from Ancient Greek σύνταξις (súntaxis), from σύν (sún, “together”) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”), from τάσσω (tássō, “I arrange”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈta.si/, (nonstandard) /sĩˈtak.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩˈta.se/, (nonstandard) /sĩˈtak.se/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩˈta.sɨ/, (nonstandard) /sĩˈta.ksɨ/

Hyphenation: sin‧ta‧xe

Noun

sintaxe f (plural sintaxes)

syntax

Further reading

“sintaxe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“sintaxe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026