flexion

See also: Flexion and flexión

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexiō, from flectō (“to bend, curve”) +‎ -tiō, possibly via French. By surface analysis, flex +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛk.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

flexion (countable and uncountable, plural flexions)

1. The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
2. The state of being bent or flexed.
3. Deviation from straightness.
4. (grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

Derived terms

• anteflexion
• circumflexion
• deflexion
• demiflexion
• dorsiflexion
• flexional
• flexionless
• genuflexion
• hyperflexion
• inflexion
• introflexion
• lateriflexion
• lateroflexion
• overflexion
• plantarflexion
• postflexion
• preflexion
• reflexion
• retroflexion
• semiflexion
• superflexion

Translations

The state of being bent

• Bulgarian: прегъване (bg) n (pregăvane)
• Polish: zgięcie (pl) n

Deviation from straightness

• Bulgarian: извивка (bg) f (izvivka)
• Polish: fleksja (pl) f, odmiana (pl) f

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

flexion f (plural flexions)

1. (grammar) inflection

References

• “flexion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012