Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flectional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flec-tion-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.

Etymology

From flection + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flection

Inflected Forms

more flectional (comparative) most flectional (superlative) flexional (alternative, dated)

Questions

What does flectional mean?: Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.
Where does flectional come from?: From flection + -al.

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