inflection noun
also British inflexion /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ plural inflections
also British inflexion /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ plural inflections
Learner's definition of INFLECTION
1
: a rise or fall in the sound of a person's voice : a change in the pitch or tone of a person's voice语调的抑扬变化 [noncount]
[count]
2 grammar
a [noncount] : a change in the form of a word that occurs when it has a particular use(词形的)屈折变化 b [count] : a form of a word that occurs when it has a particular use : an inflected form屈折变化形式 c [count] : a part of a word (such as a suffix) that is used to change a word's form for a particular use(词形的)屈折成分 — inflectional
also British inflexional /ɪnˈflɛkʃənl̟/ adjective