Inflection

"Inflection" in Finnish

inflektio

(change in pitch or tone of voice)

käänne

(change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave)

suunnanmuutos

(turning away from a straight course)

taivutus

(variation in the form of a word that reflects grammatical features)

äänenkorkeuden muutos

(change in pitch or tone of voice)

äänensävyn muutos

(change in pitch or tone of voice)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.