conjugation

English

Etymology

From Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“join, bind, connect”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia conjugation (plural conjugations)

1. The coming together of things.
2. (biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
3. Sexual relations within marriage
4. (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
5. (grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.
6. (grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.
7. (chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds

Translations

coming together of things

Bulgarian: съединяване (bg) n., съединение (bg) n. Greek: σύζευξη (sízefksi) f., συζυγία (siziyía) f. Icelandic: samkoma (is) f.

Japanese: 結合 (ja) (ketsugō), 接合 (ja) (setsugō), 連結 (ja) (renketsu) Tagalog: pagsasama, pagkakaisa

fusion of organisms

Bulgarian: конюгация (bg) f. Croatian: konjugacija (hr) f. Czech: konjugace (cs) f. Greek: σύζευξη (sízefksi) f., συζυγία (siziyía) f.

Japanese: 接合 (ja) (setsugō), 結合 (ja) (ketsugō) Polish: koniugacja (pl) f. Tagalog: pagkakaisa Turkish: konjugasyon (tr)

in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs

Armenian: խոնարհում (hy) (xonarhum) Bulgarian: спрежение (bg) (sprežénie) n. Catalan: conjugació (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 變位 (zh), 变位 (zh) (biànwèi) Croatian: konjugacija (hr) f. French: conjugaison (fr) f. German: Konjugation (de) f. Greek: συζυγία (el) (siziyía) f.

Italian: coniugazione (it) f. Japanese: 活用 (ja) (かつよう, katsuyō) Polish: koniugacja (pl) f. Portuguese: conjugação (pt) f. Romansch: conjugaziun (rm) f. Russian: спряжение (ru) (sprjažénije) n. Spanish: conjugación (es) f. Swedish: konjugation (sv), böjning (sv)

act of conjugating a verb

Albanian: zgjedhim (sq) m. Arabic: اقتران (ar) (iqtirān) m., تصريف الأفعال (ar) (taṣrīf al-ʾafʿāl) m. (inflection of verbs), تصريف (ar) (taṣrīf) m. Armenian: խոնարհում (hy) (xonarhum) Bulgarian: спрягане (bg) n. Chechen: хийцар Chinese: Mandarin: 變位 (zh), 变位 (zh) (biànwèi) Croatian: konjugacija (hr) f., sprezanje (hr) n. Czech: časování (cs) n. Dutch: vervoeging (nl) f. Esperanto: konjugacio (eo) Finnish: taivuttaminen, taivutus

French: conjugaison (fr) f. German: Konjugation (de) f. Greek: κλίση (el) (klísi) f. Hebrew: הטיה (he) (hat'aia) f., נטיה (he) (n'tiyah) f. Icelandic: sagnbeyging (is) f., persónubeyging sagna (is) f. Irish: réimniú (ga) Italian: coniugazione (it) f. Japanese: 活用 (ja) (かつよう, katsuyō) Latin: coniugatio (la) f. Polish: koniugacja (pl) f. Russian: спряжение (ru) (sprjažénije) n. Spanish: conjugación (es) f. Swedish: konjugation (sv), böjning (sv)

conjugated forms of a verb

French: conjugaison (fr) f.

Related terms

• conjugate

Coordinate terms

• declension

See also

• declension
• inflection, inflexion