SYNTAGMA

syntagma, syntagm

(noun) a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

syntagma (plural syntagmata or syntagmas)

(linguistics) A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.

(semiotics) An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.

(history) A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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