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adjective
Date: 1530
1. of or relating to grammar
2. conforming to the rules of grammar <a grammatical sentence> • grammaticality noun • grammatically adverb • grammaticalness noun
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grammatical — grammatical, ale, aux [ gramatikal, o ] adj. • XVe; bas lat. grammaticalis, de grammatica 1 ♦ Relatif à la grammaire; de la grammaire (2oSpécialt ) (⇒ morphologique, syntaxique). Règle grammaticale. Faute grammaticale. Mots grammaticaux : mots… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Grammatical — Gram*mat ic*al, a. [L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. ? skilled in grammar, knowing one s letters, from ? a letter: cf. F. grammatical. See {Grammar}.] 1. Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grammatical — grammatical, ale (gra ma ti kal, ka l ) adj. Qui appartient, qui est conforme à la grammaire. Explication, exactitude grammaticale. Des exercices grammaticaux. • En le corrigeant sur ce point [les idiotismes], le langage s affaiblit ; le nôtre… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
grammatical — 1520s, from M.Fr. grammatical and directly from L.L. grammaticalis “of a scholar,” from grammaticus pertaining to grammar (see GRAMMAR (Cf. grammar)). Related: Grammatically (c.1400) … Etymology dictionary
grammatical — Grammatical, [grammatic]ale. adj. Qui est selon les regles de la Grammaire. Construction grammaticale. cette façon de parler est grammaticale, mais elle n est pas naturelle. ce discours est plus grammatical qu il n est élegant … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
grammatical — [adj] pertaining to syntax acceptable, allowable, correct, linguistic, morphological, phonological, semantic, syntactic, wellformed; concept 272 Ant. solecistic, ungrammatical … New thesaurus
grammatical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to grammar. 2) in accordance with the rules of grammar. DERIVATIVES grammaticality noun grammatically adverb … English terms dictionary
grammatical — [grə mat′i kəl] adj. [LL grammaticalis < L grammatica: see GRAMMAR] 1. of, relating to, or according to grammar 2. conforming to the rules of grammar grammaticality n. grammatically adv. grammaticalness n … English World dictionary
grammatical — gram|mat|i|cal [ grə mætıkl ] adjective * 1. ) only before noun relating to grammar and the study of grammar: grammatical analysis grammatical errors 2. ) a grammatical sentence follows the rules of grammar correctly: Is this grammatical? 3. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grammatical — [[t]grəmæ̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n Grammatical is used to indicate that something relates to grammar. Should the teacher present grammatical rules to students? ...grammatical errors. Derived words: grammatically ADV ADV adj/ ed ...grammatically … English dictionary
grammatical */ — UK [ɡrəˈmætɪk(ə)l] / US adjective 1) [only before noun] relating to grammar and the study of grammar grammatical analysis grammatical errors 2) a grammatical sentence follows the rules of grammar correctly Is this grammatical? 3) grammatical… … English dictionary
