grammaire

French

Etymology

From Middle French grammaire, from Old French grammère, itself from Latin grammatica.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.mɛʁ/, /ɡʁam.mɛʁ/
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Noun

grammaire f (plural grammaires)

(uncountable) grammar (the study of the morphological and syntactic rules of a language)
La grammaire française est très complexe.
French grammar is very complex
a grammar textbook

Derived terms

Related terms

grammatical

Descendants

→ Turkish: gramer

Further reading

“grammaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

grammaire f (plural grammaires)

grammar
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 10:
  comme si nous cherchions d’y apprendre la grammaire
  As if we were trying to learn its grammar

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