adjective
- of, relating to, or characterized by inflection (changes in word form to show grammatical function)
Usage: linguistics term; also spelled 'inflectional'
Examples
- English has fewer inflexional endings than Latin.
- The inflexional system of a language determines how words change for tense and number.
- Linguists study inflexional morphology to understand how languages mark grammatical relationships.
- German has a more complex inflexional structure than English.
- The inflexional suffix '-ed' marks past tense in English verbs.