English Explanatory Dictionary

inflection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  2. Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
  3. An affix representing a given variation.
  4. Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
  5. A change in pitch or tone of voice.
  6. A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
  7. A turning away from a straight course.
  8. Diffraction.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ en-us-inflection.ogg

Word forms

inflection inflections inflexion

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.

Synonyms

flection flexion

Related words

inflect inflected

Derived words

inflectional inflectionless inflection point overinflection transflection

Translations

Albanian: eptim Armenian: թեքում Bashkir: килеш менән үҙгәреү Bulgarian: склоне́ние Catalan: flexió Chinese Mandarin: 詞形變化 /词形变化 Chinese Mandarin: 曲折變化 /曲折变化 Czech: flexe Czech: ohýbání Dutch: flexie Esperanto: fleksio Finnish: taivutus French: flexion Georgian: ფლექსია Georgian: მიმოხრა Georgian: მოღუნვა German: Flexion German: Beugung German: Biegung Greek: κλίση Ancient Greek: κλίσις Ancient Greek: κίνημα Ancient Greek: κίνησις Hindi: विभक्ति Hungarian: rag Hungarian: ragozás Icelandic: beyging Indonesian: infleksi Italian: desinenza Italian: flessione Japanese: 語形変化 Korean: 굴절 Korean: 어형변화 Latin: flexio Latin: flexura Latvian: locīšana Malagasy: fihilan-teny Manx: yn-filley Mongolian: хувирал Norwegian Bokmål: bøyning Norwegian Bokmål: bøying Norwegian Nynorsk: bøying Old English: ġebīeġednes Persian: تصریف Polish: odmiana Polish: fleksja Portuguese: flexão Romanian: flexiune Russian: фле́ксия Russian: оконча́ние Russian: словоизмене́ние Russian: измене́ние фо́рмы сло́ва Serbo-Croatian: fleksija Slovak: ohýbanie Spanish: flexión Swedish: böjning Tagalog: sabaylo
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