formal language

formal language

English

Noun

formal language (plural formal languages)

1. (computing theory) A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).[1]

   Hyponym: regular language

   Holonym: formal system

   Meronyms: alphabet, symbol, word

Translations

set of finite strings

Czech: formální jazyk m Dutch: formele taal m or f Esperanto: formala lingvo, artefarita lingvo Finnish: formaali kieli (fi) French: langage formel (fr) German: formale Sprache (de) Greek: τυπική γλώσσα (el) f (typikí glóssa) Irish: teanga fhoirmiúil f Persian: زبان صوری‎ Polish: język formalny m Portuguese: linguagem formal (pt) f Russian: форма́льный язы́к (formálʹnyj jazýk) Scottish Gaelic: cainnt foirmeil f Serbo-Croatian: formalni jezik m Spanish: lenguaje formal m Tajik: забони сурӣ (zaboni surī) Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ hình thức (vi), ký ngữ hình thức

References

1. Mirte Dekkers (December 2008) Stone Duality : An application in the theory of formal languages‎, Prof. dr. Mai Gehrke, retrieved 2019-05-07, page 7