World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinflexionar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-flek-sio-nar
"Los sustantivos y verbos se pueden inflexionar según la gramática."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To change the form of a word according to the rules of grammar to express tense, mood, person, number, gender, or case.
"In many languages, verbs are inflected to indicate past tense and subject agreement." - 2
To curve or turn inward; to modulate the voice in tone or pitch.
"She carefully inflected her voice to convey subtle irony during the performance."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'inflectere', meaning 'to bend in, turn, or curve', composed of the prefix 'in-' (into, upon) and 'flectere' (to bend). Entering English in the 16th century, the term initially retained its physical sense of bending or altering shape, but it subsequently evolved in grammar and linguistics to denote the modification of words to express grammatical categories.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inflect" is said worldwide
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fléchir
Transliteration: fle-shir
"Les verbes irréguliers se fléchissent différemment."
flektieren
Transliteration: flek-ti-ren
"Im Deutschen muss man Nomen und Verben flektieren."
flettere
Transliteration: flet-te-re
"In italiano si flettono i verbi secondo il tempo e la persona."
inflexionar
Transliteration: in-flek-sio-nar
"Los sustantivos y verbos se pueden inflexionar según la gramática."
flexionar
Transliteration: flek-sio-nar
"Os verbos em português costumam flexionar-se em várias formas."
रूप बदलना
Transliteration: roop badalna
"व्याकरण में शब्दों का रूप बदला जाता है।"
屈折
Transliteration: qū zhé
"某些语言的单词会发生屈折变化以表示语法关系。"
굴절시키다
Transliteration: guljeolsikida
"이 언어에서는 문법적 기능을 위해 단어를 굴절시킨다."
活用する
Transliteration: katsuyou suru
"日本語の動詞は時制によって活用します。"
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