declension

== English == === Etymology === From late Middle English declinson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/ === Noun === declension (countable and uncountable, plural declensions) A falling off, decay or descent. (grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order. (grammar) The product of that act; a list of declined forms. (grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive. ==== Synonyms ==== declination ==== Hypernyms ==== flection, flexion, inflection, inflexion, accidence ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== conjugation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === indolences, insolenced, second line, second-line