A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.

synonym: inflexion.

Roget 567: grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive^†; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi [Lat.]; Lindley Murray etc. (schoolbook) 542; correct style, philology etc. (language) 560.    ... show more

Dutch: vervoeging, buigpunt, declinatie, ombuiging, verbuiging
Polish: odmiana, fleksja

The patterns of stress and intonation in a language.

synonym: prosody.

Dutch: prosodie

Deviation from a straight or normal course.

synonyms: flection, flexion.

Roget 245: curvature, curvity^†, curvation^†; incurvature^†, incurvity^†; incurvation^†; bend; flexure, flexion, flection^†; conflexure^†; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion^†; inflection, inflexion^†; concameration^†; arcuation^†, devexity^†, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity^†, recurvation^†; sinuosity etc. 248.    kink.    carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule^†, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary^†, festoon; conchoid^†, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window.    sine curve; spline, spline curve, spline function; obliquity etc. 217.    ... show more

A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.

synonym: modulation.

Dutch: bocht