Declension
WordNet
noun
(1) A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
"The first declension in Latin"
(2) A downward slope or bend
(3) Process of changing to an inferior state
(4) The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
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Etymology
From declenson, from declinaison (French: déclinaison), from declinatio (gen. declinationis)
Noun
- : A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
- In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.
- : The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.