Dictionary

grammatical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
• grəmăt'ĭkəl

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

Meanings

1. Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.
   • [Otto] Jespersen, a language professor known for his expertise in syntax and language development, stated that headlinese is not really grammatical writing. 2021 May 29, Richard Nordquist, “What Is Headlinese?”, in ThoughtCo, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2021:
   • These unidiomatic utterances are easily comprehensible but are not grammatical.
   • Your writing in English is not grammatical enough for publication, so we will hire an editor to fix it where necessary while preserving the intended meaning.
2. Of or pertaining to grammar.
   • The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.

Forms

Antonyms

agrammatical · ungrammatic · ungrammatical

Coordinates

idiomatic

Deriveds

neogrammatical · subgrammatical · metagrammatical · historico-grammatical · antegrammatical · paragrammatical · grammatical alternation · historical-grammatical · nongrammatical · hypergrammatical · cryptogrammatical · grammaticalization · grammatical gender · grammatical case · grammatically · extragrammatical · grammatical person · antigrammatical · grammaticalness · grammatical word · grammaticality · grammatical category · grammatical mood · grammaticalize · grammatical aspect · lexicogrammatical

Synonyms

grammatic · grammatic

Translations (111)

he דִקְדוּקִי (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sq gramatikor (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · cs gramatický (of or pertaining to grammar) · ms gramatis (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ar نَحْوِيّ (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · bg грамати́чески (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sl slóvničen (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · fr grammatical (of or pertaining to grammar) · el γραμματικός (of or pertaining to grammar) · cmn 通順 /通顺 (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · eo gramatika (of or pertaining to grammar) · it grammaticale (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · is grammatískur (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ru граммати́ческий (of or pertaining to grammar) · hu nyelvtani (of or pertaining to grammar) · ka გრამატიკული (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · is málfræðilegur (of or pertaining to grammar) · val gramatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · tr dil bilgisi (of or pertaining to grammar) · ar نَحْوِيّ (of or pertaining to grammar) · la grammaticālis (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · bg грамати́чески (of or pertaining to grammar) · hu jól formált (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · mk граматички (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · pt gramático (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · br yezhadurel (of or pertaining to grammar) · is grammatískur (of or pertaining to grammar) · yi גראַמאַטיש (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · nb grammatisk (of or pertaining to grammar) · de grammatikalisch (of or pertaining to grammar) · nds-de grammatisch (of or pertaining to grammar) · gl gramatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · fa-ira صَرْف و نَحْوی (of or pertaining to grammar) · sl slovničen (of or pertaining to grammar) · sv grammatisk (of or pertaining to grammar) · gv grammeydagh (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · uz grammatik (of or pertaining to grammar) · sv grammatisk (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · nn grammatisk (of or pertaining to grammar) · ka გრამატიკულად მართებული (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · cmn 無語病的 /无语病的 (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · tg грамматикӣ (of or pertaining to grammar) · pt gramatical (of or pertaining to grammar) · be граматы́чны (of or pertaining to grammar) · hy քերականորեն ճիշտ (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sk gramatický (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sh gramàtičkī (of or pertaining to grammar) · ro gramatical (of or pertaining to grammar) · da grammatikalsk (of or pertaining to grammar) · cs gramatický (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ru граммати́чный (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ka სწორი (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · nl grammaticaal (of or pertaining to grammar) · grc γραμματικός (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · pt gramatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · fi kieliopillinen (of or pertaining to grammar) · ja 文法的な (of or pertaining to grammar) · fy grammatikaal (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ca gramatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · pl gramatyczny (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ka გრამატიკული (of or pertaining to grammar) · de grammatisch (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sq gramatikor (of or pertaining to grammar) · pt gramático (of or pertaining to grammar) · fi kielioppi- (of or pertaining to grammar) · az qrammatik (of or pertaining to grammar) · lmo gramatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · uk грамати́чний (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · be граматы́чны (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ko 문법적 (of or pertaining to grammar) · yi גראַמאַטיש (of or pertaining to grammar) · eo laŭgramatika (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · cmn 語法的 /语法的 (of or pertaining to grammar) · fy grammatikaal (of or pertaining to grammar) · nrf granmatical (of or pertaining to grammar) · fi kieliopillinen (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · da grammatisk (of or pertaining to grammar) · fa-ira دَسْتوری (of or pertaining to grammar) · da grammatikalsk (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · la grammaticālis (of or pertaining to grammar) · th ตามไวยากรณ์ (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · af grammatikaal (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sh gramàtičkī (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · de grammatisch (of or pertaining to grammar) · ja 文法的な (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · mk граматички (of or pertaining to grammar) · es gramático (of or pertaining to grammar) · it grammaticale (of or pertaining to grammar) · ky грамматикалык (of or pertaining to grammar) · hu nyelvtanilag/nyelvileg helyes (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · nrf granmatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ka მართებული (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ro gramatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · he דִקְדוּקִי (of or pertaining to grammar) · pl gramatyczny (of or pertaining to grammar) · el γραμματικός (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sk gramatický (of or pertaining to grammar) · fr grammatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · uk грамати́чний (of or pertaining to grammar) · de grammatikalisch (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · nl grammaticaal (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · sh грама̀тичкӣ (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · es gramatical (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · kk грамматикалық (of or pertaining to grammar) · da grammatisk (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · ko 문법적 (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar) · af grammatikaal (of or pertaining to grammar) · hy քերականական (of or pertaining to grammar) · sh грама̀тичкӣ (of or pertaining to grammar) · gv grammeydagh (of or pertaining to grammar) · ka გრამატიკულად სწორი (acceptable as determined by the rules of the grammar)