verb🔗ShareIncurver, fléchirTo cause to curve inwards."The accident inflected the metal beam, causing it to bend sharply inward. "L'accident a incurvé la poutre métallique, la faisant se plier brusquement vers l'intérieur.physicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInfléchir la voixTo change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing."The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation."L'actrice a une grande capacité à infléchir sa voix en fonction de la situation.musicsoundlanguagecommunicationphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFléchir, décliner(grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."The verb "walk" can be inflected to show past tense, becoming "walked." "Le verbe « walk » peut être fléchi pour montrer le passé, devenant « walked ».grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFléchi, conjugué(grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English."En latin, les adjectifs et les noms se fléchissent beaucoup, mais la flexion est minime en anglais moderne.grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInfluencer, modifierTo influence in style."No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton."Aucun autre poète ne m'a autant influencé dans mon style que Milton.stylelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIncurvé, courbéDeviating from a straight line."The path to the park was inflected, curving gently to the left before heading south. "Le chemin menant au parc était incurvé, se courbant doucement vers la gauche avant de se diriger vers le sud.directionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Sharefléchi(grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word)."The verb "walk" is inflected differently depending on the tense: "walk," "walked," and "walking." "grammarlinguisticslanguagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharefléchiHaving inflected word forms; fusional."(An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)"(Une langue fléchie est une langue dans laquelle les mots changent de forme lorsque leur fonction change.)grammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIncurvé, courbéBent or curved inward or downward"The tired runner's head was inflected toward the ground as she struggled to finish the race. "La tête de la coureuse fatiguée était inclinée vers le sol alors qu'elle luttait pour finir la course.appearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading