inflectional
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or used in inflection.
an inflectional ending.
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Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Latin, characterized by the use of inflection, especially morphemic fusion or irregular morphophonemic alternation.
Other Word Forms
- inflectionally adverb
- noninflectional adjective
- noninflectionally adverb
- preinflectional adjective
Etymology
Origin of inflectional
First recorded in 1825–35; inflection + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Sometimes applied also to such inflectional prefixes as the ge- of the German perfect participle.—adjs.
From Project Gutenberg
The inflectional or formal elements of language are usually derived from words expressing accessory ideas.
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Reval Esthonian, which preserves more carefully the full inflectional forms and pays greater attention to the laws of euphony, is recognized as the literary language.
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As already hinted, the English language, in the wide sense, presents three main stages of development—Old, Middle and Modern—distinguished by their inflectional characteristics.
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It is clear that the idioms of the second group were once isolating, and that inflectional idioms have passed through both the former states.
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