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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

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