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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinflexión
Pronunciation / Transliteration: infleɡˈsjon
"La inflexión de su voz reveló que estaba mintiendo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The modulation of intonation or pitch in the human voice.
"Her voice had a subtle inflection of irony when she agreed to the proposal." - 2
A change in the form of a word (usually the ending) to express a grammatical function such as tense, mood, person, number, case, or gender.
"Latin and Greek are highly synthetic languages known for complex noun and verb inflections."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'inflexionem' (a bending), stemming from 'inflectere' (to bend in), combining 'in-' (into, upon) and 'flectere' (to bend). Entering Middle English via late Middle French in the 15th century, it initially denoted a physical bending or curving before expanding metaphorically to voice modulation and grammatically to word-form alterations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inflection" is said worldwide
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flexion
Transliteration: flɛksjɔ̃
"L'inflexion de sa voix trahissait son émotion."
Inflektion
Transliteration: ɪnfˈlɛkt͡si̯oːn
"Die Flexion von Verben ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Grammatik."
inflessione
Transliteration: inflesˈsjone
"Parlava con una leggera inflessione dialettale."
inflexión
Transliteration: infleɡˈsjon
"La inflexión de su voz reveló que estaba mintiendo."
inflexão
Transliteration: ĩfleˈzɐ̃w
"A inflexão vocal mudou o significado da frase."
शब्द-रूप
Transliteration: shabd-roop
"व्याकरण में शब्दों का संक्रमण महत्वपूर्ण है।"
变音
Transliteration: biànyīn
"他说话时的语调发生了一些变音。"
굴절
Transliteration: guljeol
"그 언어는 복잡한 동사 굴절 체계를 가지고 있다."
屈折
Transliteration: kussetsu
"日本語には動詞の活用という屈折がある。"
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