Canadian French Meaning of declension

déclinaison

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Definitions and Meaning of declension in English

Wordnet

declension (n)

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

process of changing to an inferior state

a downward slope or bend

a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms

Webster

declension (n.)

The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.

Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.

Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.

The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.

Rehearsing a word as declined.

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déclinaison

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages, process of changing to an inferior state, a downward slope or bend, a class of n

décomposition,déclin,détérioration,affaiblissement,atrophie,affaiblissement,en décomposition,dégénérescence,descente,décrue

retour,amélioration,rétablissement,récupération,Réadaptation,revitalisation,Progrès,meeting,Casquette snapback,renforcement

declaw => dégriffer, declassing => déclassification, declassify => déclassifier, declassified => déclassifié, declassification => déclassification,