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inflectional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
in-flec-tion-al
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to inflection.

adj

Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.

Etymology

From inflection + -al.

Inflected Forms

more inflectional (comparative) most inflectional (superlative) inflexional (alternative)

Derived Forms

inflectionally noninflectional postinflectional preinflectional

Phrases

inflectional morphology inflectional phrase inflectional suffix inflectional tangent

Synonyms

flectional

Antonyms

derivational

Questions

What does inflectional mean?
Of or pertaining to inflection.
Where does inflectional come from?
From inflection + -al.

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