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Noun [English]

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Etymology: Attributed to British computer scientist Peter Landin. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q92952|nocap=1|notext=1}} British computer scientist Peter Landin Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} syntactic sugar (uncountable)
  1. (programming) Additions to the syntax of a programming language that make code easier for humans to read or write, but that do not change the functionality or expressiveness of the language. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Derived forms: desugar, desugared, syntactic saccharin, syntactic salt, syntactic syrup Related terms: pretty-print Translations (Translations): التَّجْمِيل اللُّغَوِيّ (at-tajmīl al-luḡawiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), 語法糖 (Chinese Mandarin), 语法糖 (yǔfǎ táng) (Chinese Mandarin), syntaktický cukr [masculine] (Czech), syntactische suiker [masculine] (Dutch), syntaktinen sokeri (Finnish), sucre syntaxique [masculine] (French), syntaktischer Zucker [masculine] (German), sintaxala sukro (Ido), zucchero sintattico [masculine] (Italian), 糖衣構文 (tōikōbun) (alt: とういこうぶん) (Japanese), 構文糖 (kōbuntō) (alt: こうぶんとう) (Japanese), 構文糖衣 (kōbuntōi) (alt: こうぶんとうい) (Japanese), シンタックス・シュガー (Japanese), syntaktisk sukker [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), lukier składniowy [masculine] (Polish), lukier syntaktyczny [masculine] (Polish), cukier syntaktyczny [masculine] (Polish), cukier składniowy [masculine] (Polish), açúcar sintático [masculine] (Portuguese), синтакси́ческий са́хар (sintaksíčeskij sáxar) [masculine] (Russian), azúcar sintáctico [masculine] (Spanish), syntaktiskt socker [neuter] (Swedish), sözdizimsel şeker (Turkish), синтаксичний цукор (syntaksyčnyj cukor) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "syntaktiskt socker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sözdizimsel şeker"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "syntaksyčnyj cukor",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "синтаксичний цукор"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syntactic sugar"
}

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