inflectional

[ in-flek-shuh-nl ]

/ ɪnˈflɛk ʃə nl /

adjective

of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.

Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Latin, characterized by the use of inflection, especially morphemic fusion or irregular morphophonemic alternation. Compare agglutinative(def 2), isolating.

Origin of inflectional

First recorded in 1825–35; inflection + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM inflectional

in·flec·tion·al·ly, adverb non·in·flec·tion·al, adjective non·in·flec·tion·al·ly, adverb pre·in·flec·tion·al, adjective

Words nearby inflectional

inflationism, inflationist, inflect, inflection, inflection point, inflectional, inflexed, inflexible, inflexion, inflict, infliction

Example sentences from the Web for inflectional

Thus the inflectional system serves to relieve, in part at least, the very difficulty which it creates.

Selections from Viri Romae |Charles Franois L'Homond
For the inflectional portion of this grammar, recourse iv has been had chiefly to Sievers Abriss der angelschsischen Grammatik .

Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book |C. Alphonso Smith
Juxtapositional, combinatory, and inflectional strata in the formation of the Aryan language, iv.

Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV |Max Mller
In the present tense the verb has its simplest form, without any inflectional ending.

An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises |George Lyman Kittredge

Inflection, wherein the existence of the inflectional elements as separate and independent words cannot be shown.

The Natural History of the Varieties of Man |Robert Gordon Latham