inflexion

[ in-flek-shuh n ]
/ ɪnˈflɛk ʃən /

noun Chiefly British.

inflection.

Words nearby inflexion

inflection, inflection point, inflectional, inflexed, inflexible, inflexion, inflict, infliction, inflorescence, inflow, influence

Definition for inflexion (2 of 2)

inflection
[ in-flek-shuh n ]
/ ɪnˈflɛk ʃən /

noun

modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
Also flection. Grammar.
  1. the process or device of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class.
  2. the paradigm of a word.
  3. a single pattern of formation of a paradigm: noun inflection; verb inflection.
  4. the change in the shape of a word, generally by affixation, by means of which a change of meaning or relationship to some other word or group of words is indicated.
  5. the affix added to produce this change, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played.
  6. the systematic description of such processes in a given language, as in serves from serve, sings from sing, and harder from hard (contrasted with derivation).
a bend or angle.
Mathematics. a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa.
Also especially British, in·flex·ion.

Origin of inflection

1525–35; variant spelling of inflexion < Latin inflexiōn- (stem of inflexiō) a bending. See inflect, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM inflection

in·flec·tion·less, adjective pre·in·flec·tion, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH inflection

infection inflection

Example sentences from the Web for inflexion

British Dictionary definitions for inflexion

inflection

inflexion

/ (ɪnˈflɛkʃən) /

noun

modulation of the voice
(grammar) a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, gender, number, or case
an angle or bend
the act of inflecting or the state of being inflected
maths a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa See also point of inflection

Derived forms of inflection

inflectional or inflexional, adjective inflectionally or inflexionally, adverb inflectionless or inflexionless, adjective

Medical definitions for inflexion

inflection
[ ĭn-flĕk′shən ]

n.

An inward bending.

Cultural definitions for inflexion

inflection

A change in the form of a word to reflect different grammatical functions of the word in a sentence. English has lost most of its inflections. Those that remain are chiefly possessive ('s), as in “the boy's hat”; plural (-s), as in “the three girls”; and past tense (-d or -ed), as in cared. Other inflections are found in pronouns — as in he, him, his — and in irregular words such as think/thought, child/children, and mouse/mice.