inflectional

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adjective

Of or pertaining to inflection.

Similar
flectional
Opposite
derivational
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English inflection →
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Meanings

adjectiveinflectional (comparative more inflectional, superlative most inflectional)

comparative more inflectional · superlative most inflectional · alternative inflexional

  1. grammarOf or pertaining to inflection.

    Antonyms: derivational

  2. mathematicsOf or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to inflection.

Opposite
derivational
Similar
flectional

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecharacterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions

Opposite
derivational

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishinflection
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishinflectional

From inflection + -al.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan flexional
  • flexionalpertaining to grammatical inflection
Esperanto fleksia
  • fleksiapertaining to grammatical inflection
Finnish taivutuksellinen
  • taivutuksellinenpertaining to grammatical inflection
French flexionnel
  • flexionnelpertaining to grammatical inflection
Hungarian ragozó, flektáló
  • ragozópertaining to grammatical inflection
  • flektálópertaining to grammatical inflection
  • flexióspertaining to grammatical inflection
  • inflexióspertaining to grammatical inflection
Italian flessionale
  • flessionalepertaining to grammatical inflection
Polish odmienny, fleksyjny
  • odmiennypertaining to grammatical inflection
  • fleksyjnypertaining to grammatical inflection
  • związany z punktem przegięciapertaining to a point of inflection of a curve
Russian флекси́йный, оконча́тельный
  • флекси́йный (fleksíjnyj)pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • оконча́тельный (okončátelʹnyj)pertaining to grammatical inflection
  • словоизмени́тельный (slovoizmenítelʹnyj)pertaining to grammatical inflection
Spanish flexional, flectivo
  • flexionalpertaining to grammatical inflection
  • flectivopertaining to a point of inflection of a curve
Ukrainian словозмі́нний
  • словозмі́нний (slovozmínnyj)pertaining to grammatical inflection
Cite this entry
APA

inflectional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflectional

MLA

“inflectional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflectional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inflectional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflectional.

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