inflexion

See also: inflexión

English

Etymology

From Middle French inflexion, itself from Latin īnflexiō.

Noun

inflexion (countable and uncountable, plural inflexions)

Alternative spelling of inflection

French

Etymology

From Latin īnflexiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

inflexion f (plural inflexions)

change, especially a slight drop
bow (of the body or head)
(mathematics) inflection
(linguistics) vowel mutation

Derived terms

point d'inflexion

References

“inflexion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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