inflectional
of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Latin, characterized by the use of inflection, especially morphemic fusion or irregular morphophonemic alternation.: Compare agglutinative (def. 2), isolating.
Origin of inflectional
1Other words from inflectional
- in·flec·tion·al·ly, adverb
- non·in·flec·tion·al, adjective
- non·in·flec·tion·al·ly, adverb
- pre·in·flec·tion·al, adjective
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How to use inflectional in a sentence
The inflectional -e of cherubine, seraphine appears to be quite isolated.
Such isolated inflectional changes as saveit into savoit, which are cases of regular phonetic changes, are not noticed here.
Thus the inflectional system serves to relieve, in part at least, the very difficulty which it creates.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'HomondIn the inflectional languages each word is like a soldier in his place with his outfit.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerIn one respect in the inflectional forms of the verb, the purist was unexpectedly successful.
The Common People of Ancient Rome | Frank Frost Abbott
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