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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
- The coming together of things; a union.
- The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
- Sexual relations within marriage.
- 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[…]
- The act or process of conjugating a verb.
- The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation. Meronym: principal parts
- 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.
- A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.
- A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism.
- A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation.
Translations
Every language
noun coming together of things
| Español | conjunción |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 結合 ketsugō, 接合 setsugō, 連結 renketsu |
| Português | conjunção, junção, união, conjugação |
| Ελληνικά | σύζευξη sýzefxi, συζυγία syzygía |
| Русский | соедине́ние sojedinénije |
noun fusion of organisms
| 日本語 | 接合 setsugō, 結合 ketsugō |
|---|---|
| Português | união |
| Ελληνικά | σύζευξη sýzefxi, συζυγία syzygía |
| Русский | конъюга́ция konʺjugácija |
noun in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs
| Español | conjugación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 활용 hwaryong |
| 日本語 | 活用 katsuyō |
| 中文 | 變位 /变位 biànwèi, 動詞變化 /动词变化 dòngcí biànhuà |
| Português | conjugação |
| Français | conjugaison |
| Deutsch | Konjugation |
| Italiano | coniugazione |
| Ελληνικά | συζυγία syzygía |
| Română | conjugare |
| Русский | спряже́ние sprjažénije |
| Tiếng Việt | chia động từ |
| العربية | تَصْرِيف taṣrīf, تَصْرِيف فِعْل taṣrīf fiʕl |
noun act of conjugating a verb
| Español | conjugación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 활용 hwaryong |
| 日本語 | 活用 katsuyō |
| 中文 | 變位 /变位 biànwèi, 動詞變化 /动词变化 dòngcí biànhuà |
| Português | conjugação |
| Français | conjugaison |
| Deutsch | Konjugation |
| Italiano | coniugazione |
| Ελληνικά | κλίση klísi |
| Română | conjugare |
| Русский | спряже́ние sprjažénije |
| Tiếng Việt | chia động từ |
| العربية | اِقْتِرَان iqtirān, تَصْرِيف فِعْل taṣrīf fiʕl |
| עברית | הַטָּיָה hatayá, נְטִיָּה n'tiyá |
noun conjugated forms of a verb
| Español | conjugación |
|---|---|
| Português | conjugação, forma verbal |
| Français | conjugaison |
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