word order

noun

The ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.

“Holonyms: syntax < morphosyntax < grammar”

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Meanings

nounword order (countable and uncountable, plural word orders)

plural word orders

  1. countableuncountableThe ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.

    Holonyms: syntax < morphosyntax < grammar

Translations

Arabic نَظَام كَلَم
  • نَظَام كَلَم (naẓām kalam)order of syntactic constituents
Bulgarian словоред
  • словоред (slovored)order of syntactic constituents
Catalan ordre dels mots, ordre de les paraules
  • ordre dels motsorder of syntactic constituents
  • ordre de les paraulesorder of syntactic constituents
Chinese Mandarin 語序 /语序, 詞序 /词序
  • 語序 /语序 (yǔxù)order of syntactic constituents
  • 詞序 /词序 (cíxù)order of syntactic constituents
Czech slovosled, slovní pořádek
  • slovosledorder of syntactic constituents
  • slovní pořádekorder of syntactic constituents
Danish ordstilling
  • ordstillingorder of syntactic constituents
Dutch woordvolgorde
  • woordvolgordeorder of syntactic constituents
Esperanto vortordo
  • vortordoorder of syntactic constituents
Finnish sanajärjestys
  • sanajärjestysorder of syntactic constituents
French ordre des mots
  • ordre des motsorder of syntactic constituents
German Wortfolge, Wortstellung
  • Wortfolgeorder of syntactic constituents
  • Wortstellungorder of syntactic constituents
Hindi शब्दानुक्रम
  • शब्दानुक्रम (śabdānukram)order of syntactic constituents
Hungarian szórend
  • szórendorder of syntactic constituents
Icelandic orðaröð
  • orðaröðorder of syntactic constituents
Indonesian urutan kata
  • urutan kataorder of syntactic constituents
Japanese 語順
  • 語順 (gojun)order of syntactic constituents
Korean 어순
  • 어순 (eosun)order of syntactic constituents
Malay urutan kata
  • urutan kataorder of syntactic constituents
Norwegian ordstilling
  • ordstillingorder of syntactic constituents
Polish szyk wyrazów
  • szyk wyrazóworder of syntactic constituents
Portuguese ordem das palavras
  • ordem das palavrasorder of syntactic constituents
Russian поря́док слов
  • поря́док слов (porjádok slov)order of syntactic constituents
Slovak slovosled
  • slovosledorder of syntactic constituents
Spanish orden de las palabras
  • orden de las palabrasorder of syntactic constituents
Swedish ordföljd
  • ordföljdorder of syntactic constituents
Ukrainian поря́док слів
  • поря́док слів (porjádok sliv)order of syntactic constituents
Welsh trefn eiriol
  • trefn eiriolorder of syntactic constituents
Cite this entry
APA

word order. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20order

MLA

“word order.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20order. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word order,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20order.

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