noun declension
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noun declension — inflection of nouns to show number or case (Grammar) … English contemporary dictionary
Declension — In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles to indicate number (at least singular and plural), case (nominative or subjective, genitive or possessive, etc.), and gender. A declension is also a group… … Wikipedia
Declension — De*clen sion, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d[ e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. [1913 Webster] The declension of the land… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Declension of the needle — Declension De*clen sion, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d[ e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. [1913 Webster] The declension of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
declension — noun /dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/ a) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive. In Latin, amicus belongs to the second declension. Most second declension nouns end in i in the genitive singular and um in the… … Wiktionary
declension — ► NOUN 1) the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective that identifies its grammatical case, number, and gender. 2) the class to which a noun or adjective is assigned according to this variation. ORIGIN from Old French decliner to… … English terms dictionary
declension — mid 15c., ultimately from L. declinationem (nom. declinatio), noun of action from pp. stem of declinare (see DECLINE (Cf. decline)); perhaps via French; the form is irregular, and its history obscure [OED] … Etymology dictionary
declension — noun Etymology: Middle English declenson, modification of Middle French declinaison, from Latin declination , declinatio grammatical inflection, turning aside, from declinare to inflect, turn aside Date: 15th century 1. a. noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
declension — noun (C) technical 1 the set of various forms that a noun, pronoun, or adjective can have according to whether it is the subject 1 (5), object 1 (6) etc of a sentence in a language such as Latin or German 2 a particular set of nouns etc that all… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
declension — n. an adjective; noun; strong; weak declension * * * [dɪ klenʃ(ə)n] noun strong weak declension an adjective … Combinatory dictionary
declension — UK [dɪˈklenʃ(ə)n] / US [dɪˈklenʃən] noun Word forms declension : singular declension plural declensions linguistics 1) [uncountable] the process by which the form of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns changes in some languages depending on their… … English dictionary
