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Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔ̃.sti.tɥɑ̃
"Le syntagme nominal est un constituant majeur de la phrase."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A word or a group of words that functions as a single unit within a hierarchical syntactic structure.
"In the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat', 'the cat' and 'on the mat' function as major syntactic constituents." - 2
A component part or member that helps to form a whole system, organization, or substance.
"Hydrogen and oxygen are the main constituents of water."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb constituere, meaning 'to set up, establish, or compose', formed from con- (together) + statuere (to cause to stand). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, it evolved from denoting a maker or appointer to describing a component part that constitutes a whole, later becoming a fundamental term in modern syntactic theory.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Constituent" is said worldwide
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constituant
Transliteration: kɔ̃.sti.tɥɑ̃
"Le syntagme nominal est un constituant majeur de la phrase."
Konstituente
Transliteration: kɔnstiˈtu̯ɛntə
"Eine Konstituente ist eine syntaktische Einheit."
costituente
Transliteration: kostiˈtwɛnte
"Il sintagma verbale è un costituente della frase."
constituyente
Transliteration: konstiˈtwjente
"El sintagma nominal actúa como un constituyente sintáctico."
constituinte
Transliteration: kõstituˈĩtʃi
"Cada frase pode ser dividida em vários constituintes."
घटक
Transliteration: ghatak
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वाक्य में हर घटक का अपना व्याकरणिक कार्य होता है।"
成分
Transliteration: chéngfèn
Script: 中文汉字
"句法成分是构成句子的基本单位。"
구성소
Transliteration: guseongso
Script: 한국어 한글
"문장은 여러 개의 통사적 구성소로 분석될 수 있다."
構成素
Transliteration: kōseiso
Script: 日本語
"統率素理論において構成素は重要な概念である。"
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