syntagm
noun/ˈsɪntæm/
/ˈsɪntæm/
(also syntagma
(linguistics)/ˌsɪnˈtæɡmə/
/ˌsɪnˈtæɡmə/
)- a unit of language consisting of sets of phonemes, words, or phrases that are arranged in orderWord Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek suntagma, from suntassein ‘arrange together’.
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