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inflectional

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to inflection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: derivational

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: derivational

History

Etymology

From inflection + -al.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: eptimor — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Azerbaijani: sözdəyişdirici — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Catalan: flexional — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Esperanto: fleksia — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Finnish: taivutuksellinen — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • French: flexionnel — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Hungarian: ragozó — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Hungarian: flektáló — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Hungarian: flexiós — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Hungarian: inflexiós — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Italian: flessionale — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Polish: odmienny — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Polish: fleksyjny — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Russian: флекси́йный (fleksíjnyj) — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Russian: оконча́тельный (okončátelʹnyj) — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Russian: словоизмени́тельный (slovoizmenítelʹnyj) — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Spanish: flexional — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Ukrainian: словозмі́нний (slovozmínnyj) — pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • Manx: yn-filleydagh — pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve
  • Polish: związany z punktem przegięcia — pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve
  • Spanish: flectivo — pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve