declension
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declension
- /dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/
Where it comes from
From late Middle English declinson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination.
noun declensions
- A falling off, decay or descent. Refinement of feeling, intellectual tastes, and a noble hospitality, were among the features of his character; and hoary years brought no mental declension, and drew no shade over the ardent affections by which he was distinguished, and in whose reciprocity, was his undeclining solace.
- The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
- The product of that act; a list of declined forms. a page full of declensions
- A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive. In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.
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noun act
| Español | declinación |
|---|---|
| Português | declinação |
| Français | déclinaison |
| Deutsch | Deklination |
| Ελληνικά | κλίση klísi |
| Română | declinare, declinație |
| Русский | склоне́ние sklonénije |
| עברית | הַטָּיָה hatayá |
noun way of categorizing
| Español | declinación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 어형변화 eohyeongbyeonhwa, 곡용 gogyong, 변화 byeonhwa, 격변화 gyeokbyeonhwa |
| 日本語 | 変化 henka, 曲用 kyokuyō, ディクレンション dikurenshon, 格変化 kakuhenka |
| 中文 | 變格 /变格 biàngé |
| हिन्दी | विभक्ति vibhakti |
| Português | declinação |
| Français | déclinaison |
| Deutsch | Deklination |
| Italiano | declinazione |
| Ελληνικά | κλίση klísi |
| Română | declinare, declinație |
| Русский | склоне́ние sklonénije |
| Tiếng Việt | biến cách |
| العربية | إِعْرَاب ʔiʕrāb, صَرْف ṣarf, تَصْرِيف الْأَسْمَاء taṣrīf al-ʔasmāʔ, تَصْرِيف taṣrīf |
| עברית | נְטִיָּה n'tiyá |
Talk about this word "declension." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/declension. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. declension. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/declension "declension." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/declension.Cite this
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title = {declension},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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