INFLECTIONAL


Meaning of INFLECTIONAL in English

— inflectionally , adv.

/in flek"sheuh nl/ , adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.

2. Ling. pertaining to or noting a language, as Latin, characterized by the use of inflection, esp. morphemic fusion or irregular morphophonemic alternation. Cf. agglutinative (def. 2), isolating .

[ 1825-35; INFLECTION + -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .