inflection
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inflection
- /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
Rhymes with -ɛkʃən
Where it comes from
From older inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ is due to influence from inflect or related words like correction.
noun inflections · inflexion
- The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features. In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.
- Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given word class. The second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages.
- An affix representing a given variation. English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.
- Any specific morphological form of a particular word, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation. Recite every inflection for each of these words.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course. inflection from the rules
- Diffraction.
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noun variation in the word form reflecting grammatical features
| Español | flexión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 굴절 guljeol, 어형변화 eohyeongbyeonhwa |
| 日本語 | 語形変化 gokei henka |
| 中文 | 詞形變化 /词形变化 cí xíng biànhuà, 曲折變化 /曲折变化 |
| हिन्दी | विभक्ति vibhakti |
| Português | flexão |
| Français | flexion |
| Deutsch | Flexion, Beugung, Biegung |
| Italiano | desinenza, flessione |
| Ελληνικά | κλίση klísi |
| Română | flexiune |
| Русский | фле́ксия fléksija, оконча́ние okončánije, словоизмене́ние slovoizmenénije, измене́ние фо́рмы сло́ва izmenénije fórmy slóva |
noun change in pitch or tone of voice
| Español | inflexión |
|---|---|
| Português | inflexão, entonação |
| Deutsch | Betonung |
| Italiano | inflessione, cadenza, calata, modulazione, intonazione |
| Română | inflexiune |
| Русский | модуля́ция moduljácija |
noun change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
| Português | inflexão |
|---|---|
| Italiano | inflessione |
| Ελληνικά | κάμψη kámpsi, λύγισμα lýgisma |
| Română | inflexiune |
| Русский | переги́б peregíb, сгиба́ние sgibánije, фле́ксия fléksija |
noun turning away from a straight course
| Español | inflexión |
|---|---|
| Português | inflexão, desvio |
| Français | inflexion |
| Русский | отклоне́ние otklonénije |
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