inflection

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English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• inflexion

Etymology

From the English inflexion, from the Latin inflexio, inflexionis (“a bending away from”); the spelling inflection is due to influence from correction.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /In"flEkS@n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

inflection (countable and uncountable; plural inflections)

1. (grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.

   an inflection for gender, number, or tense

2. A change in pitch or tone of voice.
3. (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
4. A turning away from a straight course.
5. (optometry) diffraction

Synonyms

• flection
• flexion

Hyponyms

• (grammar): conjugation
• (grammar): declension

Related terms

• inflect
• inflected

Translations

change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function

• Armenian: թեքում (hy) (t’ek’um)
• Bulgarian: склонение (bg) (sklonenie) n
• Catalan: flexió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞形變化 (cmn), 词形变化 (cmn) (cí xíng biànhuà)

• Czech: flexe (cs) f, ohýbání (cs) n
• Danish: bøjning (da)
• Dutch: verbuiging (nl) f, vervoeging (nl) f
• Finnish: taivutus (fi)
• French: inflexion (fr) f
• German: Flexion (de) f, Beugung (de) f, Biegung (de) f
• Greek: κλίση (el) (klísi) f
• Hungarian: rag (hu)

• Icelandic: beyging (is) f
• Italian: desinenza (it) f
• Japanese: 語形変化 (ja) (ごけいへんか, gokei henka)
• Korean: 굴절 (ko) (gul-jeol, 屈折), 어형변화 (ko) (eo-hyeong-byeon-hwa, 語形變化)
• Latvian: locīšana (lv) f
• Malagasy: fihilan-teny (mg)
• Manx: yn-filley (gv) m
• Polish: odmiana (pl) f
• Russian: словоизменение (ru) (slovoizmenénije) n, флексия (ru) (fléksija) f, изменение формы слова (ru) (izmenénije fórmy slóva) n
• Serbo-Croatian: fleksija (sh) f
• Spanish: flexión (es) f
• Swedish: böjning (sv)

change in pitch or tone of voice

• Catalan: inflexió (ca) f
• Danish: modulation (da)
• Finnish: äänensävyn muutos
• Icelandic: raddblær (is) m

• Polish: modulacja (pl) f
• Russian: модуляция (ru) (moduljácija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: infleksija (sh) f
• Spanish: inflexión (es) f

change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave

• Danish: vendepunkt (da)
• Dutch: buigpunt (nl) n
• Finnish: käännepiste (fi)
• French: point d'inflexion (fr)
• German: Wendepunkt (de) m
• Greek: κάμψη (el) (kámpsi) f, λύγισμα (el) (lýgisma) n

• Hungarian: inflexió (hu)
• Manx: aachassey (gv) m
• Russian: перегиб (ru) (peregíb) n, сгибание (ru) (sgibánije) n, (medical) флексия (ru) (fléksija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: infleksija (sh) f
• Spanish: punto de inflexión (es)

turning away from a straight course

• Armenian: թեքում (hy) (t’ek’um)
• Danish: afvigelse (da)
• Dutch: bocht (nl)
• Finnish: suunnanmuutos (fi)
• French: inflexion (fr)

• Manx: lhoobey (gv) m
• Russian: отклонение (ru) (otklonénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: otklon (sh) m
• Spanish: inflexión (es)

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• Welsh: treiglad (cy) m