declension

Significat

1. A falling off, decay or descent.
2. The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
3. The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
4. A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/

Etimologia

From Middle English declenson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination.

Sents

Miller's famous " declension thesis " derives its name from Scottow's title .