inflexion

[US]/ɪn'flekʃən/
[UK]/ɪn'flɛkʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ændring i tonehøjde eller tone, modulation, kurve, slyngning, vendepunkt.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

grammatical inflexion

grammatisk bøjning

verbal inflexion

verbal bøjning

morphological inflexion

morfolologisk bøjning

inflexion point

bøjningspunkt

Real-world Examples

God will recognize his angels by the inflexions of their voices and by their secret sighs.

Gud vil genkende hans engle ved deres stemmers bøjninger og ved deres hemmelige suk.

Source: Eugénie Grandet

Now upward and downward inflexion, downward inflexion is often used to say this is the way it is; there's no other way.

Nu opadgående og nedadgående bøjning, nedadgående bøjning bruges ofte til at sige, at sådan er det; der er ingen anden måde.

Source: Big Think Super Thoughts

A woman opened the door. She looked at me, then she spoke rapidly to the little girl in Italian, with a rising inflexion, then a pause, interrogatory.

En kvinde åbnede døren. Hun så på mig, og så talte hun hurtigt til den lille pige på italiensk, med en stigende bøjning, efterfulgt af en pause, spørgende.

Source: The Sound and the Fury

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