Meanings
nounsyntactic salt (uncountable)
- uncountablecomputingA feature of a programming language intended to serve as a guardrail against writing code with an unintended meaning.
Origin
Coined analogously with syntactic sugar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 語法鹽 /语法盐
- 語法鹽 /语法盐 (yǔfǎ yán)Translations
Dutch syntactisch zout
- syntactisch zoutTranslations
French sel syntaxique
- sel syntaxiqueTranslations
German syntaktisches Salz
- syntaktisches SalzTranslations
Italian sale sintattico
- sale sintatticoTranslations
Polish sól składniowa
- sól składniowaTranslations
Portuguese sal sintático
- sal sintáticoTranslations
Russian синтакси́ческая со́ль
- синтакси́ческая со́ль (sintaksíčeskaja sólʹ)Translations
Spanish sal sintáctica
- sal sintácticaTranslations
Swedish syntaktiskt salt
- syntaktiskt saltTranslations
Turkish sözdizimsel tuz
- sözdizimsel tuzTranslations
Ukrainian синтаксична сіль
- синтаксична сіль (syntaksyčna silʹ)Translations
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APA
syntactic salt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syntactic%20salt
MLA
“syntactic salt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syntactic%20salt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “syntactic salt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syntactic%20salt.
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