inflected languagenoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˌflek.tɪd ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ɪnˌflek.tɪd ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/a language that changes the form or ending of some words when the way in which they are used in sentences changes:
Latin, Polish, and Finnish are all highly inflected languages.
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