Main Entry: syn·tax

Pronunciation: \ˈsin-ˌtaks\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French sintaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek, from syntassein to arrange together, from syn- + tassein to arrange

Date: 1574

1 a : the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) b : the part of grammar dealing with this
2 : a connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements <the syntax of classical architecture>
3 : syntactics especially as dealing with the formal properties of languages or calculi