inflection

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English

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Alternative forms

• inflexion

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

inflection (countable and uncountable; plural inflections)

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

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) n. Catalan: flexió, f. Chinese: Mandarin: 詞形變化 (zh), 词形变化 (zh) (cí xíng biànhuà) Croatian: fleksija (hr) f. Czech: flexe (cs) f., ohýbání (cs) n. Danish: bøjning (da) 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: lhoobey (gv) m. Polish: odmiana (pl) f. Russian: словоизменение (ru) (slovoizmenénije) n., флексия (ru) (fléksija) f., изменение формы слова (ru) (izmenénije fórmy slóva) n. Spanish: flexión (es) f. Swedish: böjning (sv)

change in pitch or tone of voice

Catalan: inflexió f. Croatian: infleksija (hr) f. Danish: modulation (da) Finnish: äänensävyn muutos

Icelandic: raddblær (is) m. Polish: modulacja (pl) f. Russian: модуляция (ru) (moduljácija) f. Spanish: inflexión (es) f.

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

Croatian: infleksija (hr) f. Danish: vendepunkt (da) Dutch: buigpunt n. Finnish: käännepiste (fi) French: point d'inflexion (fr) German: Wendepunkt (de) m.

Greek: κάμψη (el) (kámpsi) f. Hungarian: inflexió (hu) Russian: перегиб (ru) (peregíb) n., сгибание (ru) (sgibánije) n., (medical) флексия (ru) (fléksija) f. Spanish: punto de inflexión (es)

turning away from a straight course

Armenian: թեքում (hy) (t’ek’um) Croatian: otklon (hr) m. Danish: afvigelse (da) Dutch: bocht (nl)

Finnish: suunnanmuutos (fi) French: inflexion (fr) Russian: отклонение (ru) (otklonénije) n. Spanish: inflexión (es)

• Welsh treiglad (cy) m.