inflect

English

WOTD – 13 May 2007

Etymology

From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“I bend”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈflɛkt/
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Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

inflect (third-person singular simple present inflects, present participle inflecting, simple past and past participle inflected)

(transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
(transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
(transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
(transitive) To influence in style.

Synonyms

(to bend or curve inwards): inbend

Derived terms

inflection
inflective
inflexion

Translations

cause to curve inwards

Bulgarian: извивам навътре (izvivam navǎtre)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: taivuttaa sisäänpäin

music: change tone or pitch

Bulgarian: модулирам (bg) (moduliram)
Chinese:
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Finnish: muuttaa äänensävyä
Russian: сгиба́ть (ru) impf (sgibátʹ), гнуть (ru) impf (gnutʹ), согну́ть (ru) pf (sognútʹ), вгиба́ть (ru) impf (vgibátʹ), вогну́ть (ru) pf (vognútʹ)
Spanish: modular (es)

grammar: vary the form of a word

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: скланям (bg) (sklanjam), спрягам (sprjagam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: ohýbat (cs) impf
Danish: bøje (da)
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: taivuttaa (fi)
French: infléchir (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: flektieren (de), beugen (de)
Greek: κλίνω (el) (klíno)
Hungarian: ragoz (hu)
Italian: coniugare (it), flettere (it)

Japanese: 働く (ja) (hataraku)
Lithuanian: kaityti
Manx: yn-fill
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: bøye (no)
Polish: odmieniać (pl) impf, odmienić (pl) pf
Portuguese: variar (pt), flexionar (pt)
Romanian: flexiona (ro)
Russian: склоня́ть (ru) impf (sklonjátʹ) (decline), спряга́ть (ru) impf (sprjagátʹ) (conjugate)
Slovene: pregibati impf
Spanish: conjugar (es) (of a verb), declinar (es) (of a noun)
Swedish: böja (sv)
Turkish: ses değiştirmek (tr)

influence in style

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vaikuttaa (fi)