"inflexion" meaning in All languages combined

See inflexion on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: inflexions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French inflexion, itself from Latin īnflexiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|inflexion}} Middle French inflexion, {{der|en|la|inflexio|īnflexiō}} Latin īnflexiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inflexion (countable and uncountable, plural inflexions)
  1. Alternative spelling of inflection Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: inflection
    Sense id: en-inflexion-en-noun-zTQlzsAi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Latin links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 2 1 4 51

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-inflexion.wav Forms: inflexions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin īnflexiōnem. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|īnflexiō|īnflexiōnem}} Latin īnflexiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} inflexion f (plural inflexions)
  1. change, especially a slight drop Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-inflexion-fr-noun-JmXEFjBw
  2. bow (of the body or head) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-inflexion-fr-noun-7Apx-HES
  3. (mathematics) inflection Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-inflexion-fr-noun-07rib35b Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (linguistics) vowel mutation Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-inflexion-fr-noun-vVtLDurc Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 2 1 4 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 1 1 3 62 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 10 86 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: point d’inflexion

Inflected forms

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