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.