inflexão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflexiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: in‧fle‧xão

Noun

inflexão f (plural inflexões)

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

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