déclinaison

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French declinaison, from Latin dēclīnātiōnem. By surface analysis, décliner +‎ -aison.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.kli.nɛ.zɔ̃/, /de.kli.ne.zɔ̃/
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Noun

déclinaison f (plural déclinaisons)

(grammar) declension (inflection of a noun, pronoun or adjective)
Antonym: conjugaison
declination
variation, variant

Further reading

“déclinaison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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