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Definition of inflectional - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
linguisticsTECH. related to changes in word form for grammarTECH.
- The inflectional endings in English include -s and -ed.
2.
mathematicsTECH. related to a curve's point where curvature changesTECH.
- The graph shows an inflectional point at x equals 2.
Expressions with inflectional
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suffix changing a word's grammatical function
The '-s' in 'cats' is an inflectional ending.
suffix added to a word to show grammatical function
The -ed in 'walked' is an inflectional suffix.
study of word forms changing to express grammatical functions
Inflectional morphology examines how verbs are conjugated in different tenses..
Origin of inflectional
Latin, inflectere (to bend)
Terms with inflectional included in their meaning
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linguistics
set of inflectional forms of a word
linguistics
merging of different inflectional forms
word class
class of words with similar inflectional forms
linguistics
merge different inflectional forms
linguistics
vowel added to root before inflectional ending
linguistics
not using inflectional changes in language
Examples of inflectional in a sentence
The language has a complex inflectional structure. The curve's inflectional nature was evident in the diagram. Mathematicians studied the inflectional properties of the function.
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- French:flexionnel, inflexionnel, ...
- German:flektierend, inflectional, ...
- Italian:flessivo, di inflessione, ...
- Spanish:flexivo, de inflexión, ...
- Portuguese:flexional, de inflexão, ...
- Chinese:词形变化的, 拐点的, ...
- Japanese:屈折の, 変曲点の, ...
- Arabic:صَرْفِيّ, نُقْطِيّ اِنْعِطاف, ...
- Hebrew:מִשְׁתַּנֶּה דִּקְדּוּקִית, פִּיתּוּלִי, ...
- Russian:инфлекционный, ...
- Ukrainian:інфлекційний, точка перегину, ...
- Hindi:रूपांतरणीय, वक्रता परिवर्तन, ...
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