declension

From Middle English declenson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/

declension (countable and uncountable, plural declensions)

1. A falling off, decay or descent.
2. (grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
3. (grammar) 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.

• declination

• flection, flexion, inflection, inflexion

• strong declension
• weak declension
• mixed declension

• conjugation

• declensional

• indolences, insolenced, second line