Inflection: meaning, definitions and examples
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inflection
[ ษชnหflษkสษn ]
linguistics
The modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The inflection of verbs in English includes changes in tense (e.g. run, ran, running), person (e.g. I run, he runs), and number (e.g. run, runs).
- In Latin, nouns have inflections for case, number, and gender, resulting in different forms for the same word.
Translations
Translations of the word "inflection" in other languages:
๐ต๐น inflaรงรฃo
๐ฎ๐ณ เคตเคฟเคเฅเคคเคฟ
๐ฉ๐ช Beugung
๐ฎ๐ฉ infleksi
๐บ๐ฆ ัะฝัะปะตะบััั
๐ต๐ฑ odmiana
๐ฏ๐ต ๅฑๆ
๐ซ๐ท inflection
๐ช๐ธ inflecciรณn
๐น๐ท รงekim
๐ฐ๐ท ๊ตด์
๐ธ๐ฆ ุชุตุฑูู
๐จ๐ฟ ohรฝbรกnรญ
๐ธ๐ฐ ohรฝbanie
๐จ๐ณ ๅฑๆ
๐ธ๐ฎ pregibanje
๐ฎ๐ธ beyging
๐ฐ๐ฟ าะธัั
๐ฌ๐ช แแแแแฎแแแฏแแแ
๐ฆ๐ฟ ษyilmษ
๐ฒ๐ฝ inflecciรณn
Etymology
The word 'inflection' comes from the Latin word 'inflectere', meaning 'to bend'. It was first used in the 15th century in English to refer to the bending or changing of words to express different grammatical categories. The concept of inflection has been a fundamental aspect of many languages throughout history, allowing for the nuanced expression of meaning through word modification.