inflection

in·flec·tion  (n-flkshn)

n.

1. The act of inflecting or the state of being inflected.

2. Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice.

3. Grammar

a. An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.

b. An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the -s in the English third person singular verb form speaks.

c. The paradigm of a word.

d. A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection.

4. A turning or bending away from a course or position of alignment.

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in·flection·al adj.

in·flection·al·ly adv.

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inflection or inflexion

Noun

1. change in the pitch of the voice

2. Grammar a change in the form of a word, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense or number

3. an angle or bend

4. an inflecting or being inflected

5. Maths a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa

inflectional
inflexional adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	inflection - a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function inflexion grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar conjugation - the inflection of verbs declension - the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages paradigm - systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word pluralisation, pluralization - the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to
	2.	inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language prosody manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" intonation, pitch contour, modulation - rise and fall of the voice pitch caesura - a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line enjambement, enjambment - the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause stress, accent, emphasis - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" speech rhythm, rhythm - the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
	3.	inflection - deviation from a straight or normal course flection, flexion deviation, difference, divergence, departure - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
	4.	inflection - a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified modulation manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

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inflection

noun 1. intonation, stress, emphasis, beat, measure, rhythm, cadence, modulation, accentuation

noun 2. Grammar conjugation, declension

Translations

inflection [ɪnˈflɛkʃən] n → inflexion f (= ending); désinence f