different between inflect vs irrealis

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nflect?, from in- (“in”) + flect? (“I bend”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

inflect (third-person singular simple present inflects, present participle inflecting, simple past and past participle inflected)

1. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
2. (transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

3. (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
4. (transitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

5. (transitive) To influence in style.

Synonyms

• (to bend or curve inwards): inbend

Derived terms

• inflection
• inflective
• inflexion

Translations

See also

• conjugate
• decline
• deflect

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i???l?s/, /??i?æl?s/, /???i?l?s/
• Hyphenation: ir?real?is

Adjective

irrealis (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.

   Although the only irrealis mood in English is the subjunctive mood, some other languages include additional irrealis moods, including cohortative, jussive, speculative, and optative.

Anagrams

• lairiser