inflexão

Meaning

1. (feminine) inflection (change in pitch or tone of voice)
2. (feminine) inflection (change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave)
3. (feminine) inflection (turning away from a straight course)
4. (feminine) inflection (change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function)

Concepts

inflection

bend

bending

flexion

intonation

Synonyms

entonação

desvio

Translations

inflexión

inflexió

inflexion

Beugung

Biegung

Flexion

Klang

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Ton

Wendepunkt

κάμψη

λύγισμα

point d'inflexion

flessione

curvatura

piegatura

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ĩ.flekˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: īnflexiō

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflexiōnem.