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conjugation

  • /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ UK
  • /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion.

noun conjugations

  1. countable, uncountable The coming together of things; a union.
  2. countable, uncountable The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
  3. countable, uncountable Sexual relations within marriage.
  4. countable, uncountable In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit. In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]
  5. countable, uncountable The act or process of conjugating a verb.
  6. countable, uncountable The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation. Meronym: principal parts
  7. countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable The inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; a declension. Nouns ending in a vowel other than a, which do not conform to any phonological pattern of noun conjugation, do not decline.
  8. countable, uncountable A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.
  9. countable, uncountable A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism.
  10. countable, uncountable A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation.

Translations

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noun coming together of things

Españolconjunción
日本語結合 ketsugō, 接合 setsugō, 連結 renketsu
Portuguêsconjunção, junção, união, conjugação
Ελληνικάσύζευξη sýzefxi, συζυγία syzygía
Русскийсоедине́ние sojedinénije

noun fusion of organisms

日本語接合 setsugō, 結合 ketsugō
Portuguêsunião
Ελληνικάσύζευξη sýzefxi, συζυγία syzygía
Русскийконъюга́ция konʺjugácija

noun in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs

Españolconjugación
한국어활용 hwaryong
日本語活用 katsuyō
中文變位 /变位 biànwèi, 動詞變化 /动词变化 dòngcí biànhuà
Portuguêsconjugação
Françaisconjugaison
DeutschKonjugation
Italianoconiugazione
Ελληνικάσυζυγία syzygía
Românăconjugare
Русскийспряже́ние sprjažénije
Tiếng Việtchia động từ
العربيةتَصْرِيف taṣrīf, تَصْرِيف فِعْل taṣrīf fiʕl

noun act of conjugating a verb

Españolconjugación
한국어활용 hwaryong
日本語活用 katsuyō
中文變位 /变位 biànwèi, 動詞變化 /动词变化 dòngcí biànhuà
Portuguêsconjugação
Françaisconjugaison
DeutschKonjugation
Italianoconiugazione
Ελληνικάκλίση klísi
Românăconjugare
Русскийспряже́ние sprjažénije
Tiếng Việtchia động từ
العربيةاِقْتِرَان iqtirān, تَصْرِيف فِعْل taṣrīf fiʕl
עבריתהַטָּיָה hatayá, נְטִיָּה n'tiyá

noun conjugated forms of a verb

Españolconjugación
Portuguêsconjugação, forma verbal
Françaisconjugaison

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@misc{conjugation_2026,
  title = {conjugation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conjugation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}