grammatica

See also: grammàtica

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, skilled in writing), from γράμμα (grámma, line of writing), from γράφω (gráphō, write), from Proto-Indo-European *gerebh- (to scratch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɣrɑˈmaː.ti.kaː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatica's, diminutive grammaticaatje n)

  1. grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language)
  2. (metonymically) grammatical manual

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gramatika
  • Negerhollands: grammatica

Interlingua

Noun

grammatica (plural grammaticas)

  1. grammar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/
  • Rhymes: -atika
  • Hyphenation: gram‧mà‧ti‧ca
  • (file)

Adjective

grammatica

  1. feminine singular of grammatico

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatiche)

  1. grammar (book describing grammar)
  2. female equivalent of grammatico (grammarian)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • grammatica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • grammatica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Short for ars grammatica, transliteration and calque of Ancient Greek γραμματική τέχνη (grammatikḗ tékhnē, art of letters), from γραμματικός (grammatikós, of letters).

Noun

grammatica f (genitive grammaticae); first declension
grammatica n pl (genitive grammaticōrum); second declension

  1. grammar, philology
    Synonym: grammaticē f
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case Singular Plural
Nominative grammatica grammaticae
Genitive grammaticae grammaticārum
Dative grammaticae grammaticīs
Accusative grammaticam grammaticās
Ablative grammaticā grammaticīs
Vocative grammatica grammaticae
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Case Plural
Nominative grammatica
Genitive grammaticōrum
Dative grammaticīs
Accusative grammatica
Ablative grammaticīs
Vocative grammatica
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Lombard: grammaia (obsolete)
  • Old French: gramaire, gamaire, gramarie, grammaire, gramoire (see there for further descendants)

Noun

grammaticā

  1. ablative singular of grammatica

References

  • grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • grammatica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • grammatica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • grammatica in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “grammatica”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “grammatĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 216

Adjective

grammatica

  1. inflection of grammaticus (grammatical, philological):
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

grammaticā

  1. ablative feminine singular of grammaticus (grammatical, philological)

Portuguese

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of gramática.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈmatika/ [ɡɾaˈma.t̪i.ka]
  • Rhymes: -atika
  • Syllabification: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of gramática
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