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inflection

For inflection templates, see Wiktionary:Inflection templates.

English

Alternative forms

  • inflexion

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?fl?k??n/
  • Rhymes: -?k??n
  • Hyphenation: in?flec?tion

Noun

inflection (countable and uncountable, plural inflections)

  1. (grammar) A change in the form of a word to express different grammatical categories.
  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, declination

Related terms

  • inflect
  • inflected

Translations

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athematic

English

Etymology

a- +? thematic

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: ?th?-m?t'?k, IPA(key): /?æ?i??mæt?k/

Adjective

athematic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.

Translations

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