inflection

process of word formation; a word is modified to express grammatical categories, such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case
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inflection

Summary

inflection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (459 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • inflection is a type of change[2].
  • inflection's Commons category is recorded as Gender inflection[3].
  • inflection's topic's main category is recorded as Q17169745[4].
  • inflection's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[5].
  • inflection's described by source is recorded as Q67386293[6].
  • inflection's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Linguistics[7].
  • inflection's described by source is recorded as Encyklopedia językoznawstwa ogólnego[8].
  • inflection's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • inflection's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • inflection's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5913[11].
  • inflection's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5911[12].
  • inflection's different from is recorded as intonation[13].
  • inflection's different from is recorded as flexion[14].
  • inflection's different from is recorded as inflected form[15].
  • inflection's studied by is recorded as morphology[16].
  • inflection's class of object is recorded as word[17].

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Definition and Type

inflection is a type of change[2].

Why It Matters

inflection ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (459 views/month).[1] inflection has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] inflection is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Class of object(s) of occurrence word
    Topic's main category Q17169745
    Main wikidata property P5913, P5911
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6856, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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