inflection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: inflections
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: inflexion
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.
gloss: The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages.
gloss: The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.
gloss: The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Recite every inflection for each of these words.
gloss: A change in pitch or tone of voice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A turning away from a straight course.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: inflection from the rules
gloss: Diffraction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: flection
flexion
Related words: inflect
inflected
Derived words: inflectional
inflectionless
inflection point
overinflection
transflection
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: eptim
lang: Armenian
word: թեքում
roman: tʻekʻum
lang: Bashkir
word: килеш менән үҙгәреү
roman: kileş menən üźgərew
lang: Bulgarian
word: склоне́ние
roman: sklonénie
lang: Catalan
word: flexió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 詞形變化 /词形变化
roman: cí xíng biànhuà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 曲折變化 /曲折变化
lang: Czech
word: flexe
lang: Czech
word: ohýbání
lang: Dutch
word: flexie
lang: Esperanto
word: fleksio
lang: Finnish
word: taivutus
lang: French
word: flexion
lang: Georgian
word: ფლექსია
roman: pleksia
lang: Georgian
word: მიმოხრა
roman: mimoxra
lang: Georgian
word: მოღუნვა
roman: moɣunva
lang: German
word: Flexion
lang: German
word: Beugung
lang: German
word: Biegung
lang: Greek
word: κλίση
roman: klísi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κλίσις
roman: klísis
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κίνημα
roman: kínēma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κίνησις
roman: kínēsis
lang: Hindi
word: विभक्ति
roman: vibhakti
lang: Hungarian
word: rag
lang: Hungarian
word: ragozás
lang: Icelandic
word: beyging
lang: Indonesian
word: infleksi
lang: Italian
word: desinenza
lang: Italian
word: flessione
lang: Japanese
word: 語形変化
roman: gokei henka
lang: Korean
word: 굴절
roman: guljeol
lang: Korean
word: 어형변화
roman: eohyeongbyeonhwa
lang: Latin
word: flexio
lang: Latin
word: flexura
lang: Latvian
word: locīšana
lang: Malagasy
word: fihilan-teny
lang: Manx
word: yn-filley
lang: Mongolian
word: хувирал
roman: xuviral
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bøyning
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bøying
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bøying
lang: Old English
word: ġebīeġednes
lang: Persian
word: تصریف
roman: tasrif
lang: Polish
word: odmiana
lang: Polish
word: fleksja
lang: Portuguese
word: flexão
lang: Romanian
word: flexiune
lang: Russian
word: фле́ксия
roman: fléksija
lang: Russian
word: оконча́ние
roman: okončánije
lang: Russian
word: словоизмене́ние
roman: slovoizmenénije
lang: Russian
word: измене́ние фо́рмы сло́ва
roman: izmenénije fórmy slóva
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: fleksija
lang: Slovak
word: ohýbanie
lang: Spanish
word: flexión
lang: Swedish
word: böjning
lang: Tagalog
word: sabaylo
lang: Tajik
word: оҳанг
roman: ohang
lang: Ukrainian
word: словозмі́на
roman: slovozmína
lang: Welsh
word: ffurfdro
lang: Welsh
word: ffurfdroad