Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: syntagma (syntagmata,syntagmas)  sin'tag-mu
  1. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
    "The phrase 'the red car' is a syntagma within the sentence";
    - syntagm

Derived forms: syntagmata, syntagmas

Type of: linguistic string, string of words, word string

Encyclopedia: Syntagma