inflexion
French, noun/ɛ̃.flɛk.sjɔ̃/
inflexion is spelled I-N-F-L-E-X-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inflexion is a French feminine noun meaning “change, especially a slight drop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de fléchir, de plier, de courber”.
What does inflexion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechange, especially a slight drop
- 2
femininebow (of the body or head)
- 3
feminineinflection
- 4
femininevowel mutation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de fléchir, de plier, de courber. 2. Changement léger de direction. Infléchir une orientation définie, c'est modifier sa tendance. 3. un point d’inflexion est un changement de la concavité sur la courbe d'une fonction continue. 4. Il se dit, en termes d’optique, de l’espèce particulière de déviation que les rayons lumineux subissent lorsqu’ils passent dans les confins de deux milieux dont le pouvoir réfringent est différent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inflexion
- inflexions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inflexion?
- /ɛ̃.flɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.flɛk.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inflexion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inflexion in French?
inflexion appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).