inflection

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• /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
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From older inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ is due to influence from inflect or related words like correction.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: eptim — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Armenian: թեքում (tʻekʻum) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Bashkir: килеш менән үҙгәреү (kileş menən üźgərew) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Bulgarian: склоне́ние (sklonénie) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Catalan: flexió — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞形變化 /词形变化 (cí xíng biànhuà) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Chinese Mandarin: 曲折變化 /曲折变化 — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Czech: flexe — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Czech: ohýbání — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Dutch: flexie — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Esperanto: fleksio — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Finnish: taivutus — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• French: flexion — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Georgian: ფლექსია (pleksia) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Georgian: მიმოხრა (mimoxra) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Georgian: მოღუნვა (moɣunva) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• German: Flexion — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• German: Beugung — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• German: Biegung — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Greek: κλίση (klísi) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Ancient Greek: κλίσις (klísis) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Ancient Greek: κίνημα (kínēma) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Ancient Greek: κίνησις (kínēsis) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Hindi: विभक्ति (vibhakti) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Hungarian: rag — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Hungarian: ragozás — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Icelandic: beyging — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Indonesian: infleksi — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Italian: desinenza — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Italian: flessione — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Japanese: 語形変化 (gokei henka) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Korean: 굴절 (guljeol) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Korean: 어형변화 (eohyeongbyeonhwa) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Latin: flexio — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Latin: flexura — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Latvian: locīšana — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Malagasy: fihilan-teny — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Manx: yn-filley — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Mongolian: хувирал (xuviral) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Norwegian Bokmål: bøyning — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Norwegian Bokmål: bøying — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bøying — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Old English: ġebīeġednes — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Persian: تصریف (tasrif) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Polish: odmiana — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Polish: fleksja — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Portuguese: flexão — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Romanian: flexiune — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Russian: фле́ксия (fléksija) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Russian: оконча́ние (okončánije) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Russian: словоизмене́ние (slovoizmenénije) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Russian: измене́ние фо́рмы сло́ва (izmenénije fórmy slóva) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Serbo-Croatian: fleksija — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Slovak: ohýbanie — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Spanish: flexión — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Swedish: böjning — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Tagalog: sabaylo — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Tajik: оҳанг (ohang) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Ukrainian: словозмі́на (slovozmína) — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Welsh: ffurfdro — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Welsh: ffurfdroad — variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features
• Bulgarian: модулация (modulacija) — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Catalan: inflexió — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Danish: modulation — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Finnish: äänenkorkeuden muutos — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Finnish: äänensävyn muutos — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Finnish: inflektio — change in pitch or tone of voice
• German: Betonung — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Icelandic: raddblær — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Italian: inflessione — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Italian: cadenza — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Italian: calata — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Italian: modulazione — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Italian: intonazione — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Mongolian: ялгаллахуй (jalgallaxuj) — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Polish: modulacja — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Portuguese: inflexão — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Portuguese: entonação — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Romanian: inflexiune — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Russian: модуля́ция (moduljácija) — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Serbo-Croatian: infleksija — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Spanish: inflexión — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Ukrainian: модуляція (moduljacija) — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Ukrainian: зміна інтонації (zmina intonaciji) — change in pitch or tone of voice
• Finnish: käänne — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Greek: κάμψη (kámpsi) — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Greek: λύγισμα (lýgisma) — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Hungarian: inflexió — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Italian: inflessione — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Manx: aachassey — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Polish: przegięcie — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Portuguese: inflexão — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Romanian: inflexiune — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Russian: переги́б (peregíb) — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Russian: сгиба́ние (sgibánije) — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Russian: фле́ксия (fléksija) — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Serbo-Croatian: infleksija — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Swedish: inflexionspunkt — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Ukrainian: перегин (perehyn) — change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
• Armenian: թեքում (tʻekʻum) — turning away from a straight course
• Bulgarian: отклонение (otklonenie) — turning away from a straight course
• Danish: afvigelse — turning away from a straight course
• Dutch: bocht — turning away from a straight course
• Finnish: suunnanmuutos — turning away from a straight course
• French: inflexion — turning away from a straight course
• Manx: lhoobey — turning away from a straight course
• Old English: ġebīeġednes — turning away from a straight course
• Polish: zmiana kierunku — turning away from a straight course
• Portuguese: inflexão — turning away from a straight course
• Portuguese: desvio — turning away from a straight course
• Russian: отклоне́ние (otklonénije) — turning away from a straight course
• Serbo-Croatian: otklon — turning away from a straight course
• Spanish: inflexión — turning away from a straight course