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conjugation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The coming together of things; a union.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Sexual relations within marriage.
  4. (countable, uncountable) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit.
    • In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…] 1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] , London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972:
  5. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of conjugating a verb.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
    • Meronym: principal parts
  7. (countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable) The inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; a declension.
    • Nouns ending in a vowel other than a, which do not conform to any phonological pattern of noun conjugation, do not decline. 2005, Maya Arad, “The Noun-Verb Asymmetry in Hebrew: When Are Patterns Obligatory?”, in Roots and Patterns: Hebrew Morpho-syntax, →ISBN:
  8. (countable, uncountable) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation.

Forms

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Coordinates

declension · declination

Deriveds

periphrastic conjugation · glucuronoconjugation · nanoconjugation · conjugationless · glucoconjugation · glycoconjugation · cross-conjugation · homoconjugation · deconjugation · immunoconjugation · transconjugation · hyperconjugation · reconjugation · photoconjugation · misconjugation · heteroconjugation · conjugational · bioconjugation · sulfoconjugation

Hypernyms

flection · flexion · accidence · inflexion · inflection

Relateds

conjugate · flexion · inflection · inflexion · flection

Translations (207)

sv konjugation (act of conjugating a verb) · es conjugación (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · nl conjugatie (coming together of things) · lt asmenuotė (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ja 結合 (fusion of organisms) · ar تَصْرِيف (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · cmn 動詞變化 /动词变化 (act of conjugating a verb) · tg тасриф (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · et pööramine (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · bg спреже́ние (act of conjugating a verb) · be спражэ́нне (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ar تَصْرِيف فِعْل (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ro conjugare (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · oc conjugason (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · fr conjugaison (act of conjugating a verb) · nb bøyning (act of conjugating a verb) · tr konjugasyon (fusion of organisms) · tl pagkakaisa (fusion of organisms) · tl pagbabanghay (act of conjugating a verb) · nl conjugatie (act of conjugating a verb) · hu igeragozás (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · mn үйл үгийн ялгал (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · gl conxugación (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · it coniugazione (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · tr çekim (act of conjugating a verb) · es conjunción (coming together of things) · bg конюга́ция (fusion of organisms) · sh konjugácija (act of conjugating a verb) · pt conjugação (coming together of things) · da verbbøjning (conjugated forms of a verb) · nds-de Konjugatschoon (act of conjugating a verb) · el συζυγία (fusion of organisms) · ru спряже́ние (act of conjugating a verb) · fa-ira تَصْریف (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · fj veitaratara (act of conjugating a verb) · lij coniogaçión (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · fr conjugaison (conjugated forms of a verb) · sh спре́за̄ње (act of conjugating a verb) · ja 活用 (act of conjugating a verb) · tl pagsasama (coming together of things) · sh конјуга́ција (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · tr tasrif (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · fi yhdistyminen (coming together of things) · pt conjugação (conjugated forms of a verb) · pt conjunção (coming together of things) · hu igeragozási típus (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · pl koniugacja (fusion of organisms) · yi קאָניוגאַציע (act of conjugating a verb) · pt conjugação (act of conjugating a verb) · rm conjugaziun (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · sh sprézānje (act of conjugating a verb) · vi chia động từ (act of conjugating a verb) · fo bending (act of conjugating a verb) · lv konjugācija (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · et konjugatsioon (act of conjugating a verb) · nrf conjudgaison (act of conjugating a verb) · fi taivutus (conjugated forms of a verb) · ga réimniú (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · sk časovanie (act of conjugating a verb) · vi chia động từ (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · de Konjugation (act of conjugating a verb) · bg спреже́ние (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · is samkoma (coming together of things) · ro conjugare (act of conjugating a verb) · da bøjning (act of conjugating a verb) · br displegadur (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · is beyging (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · es conjugación (act of conjugating a verb) · uk дієвідмі́на (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · el σύζευξη (coming together of things) · nds-de Konjugatschoon (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · sh конјуга́ција (fusion of organisms) · fa-ira تَصْریفِ فِعْل (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ar اِقْتِرَان (act of conjugating a verb) · bg съединя́ване (coming together of things) · tg тасриф (act of conjugating a verb) · da konjugation (conjugated forms of a verb) · cs časování (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ar تَصْرِيف فِعْل (act of conjugating a verb) · ja 接合 (fusion of organisms) · kk жіктеу (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · mk конјугација (act of conjugating a verb) · nb bøying (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · cy rhediad (act of conjugating a verb) · mk конјугација (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · sv böjning (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ko 활용 (act of conjugating a verb) · az təsrif (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · da konjugation (act of conjugating a verb) · ru соедине́ние (coming together of things) · lij coniogaçión (coming together of things) · he הַטָּיָה (act of conjugating a verb) · pl koniugacja (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · es conjugación (conjugated forms of a verb) · nl vervoeging (act of conjugating a verb) · tl sabanghay (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · sq zgjedhim (act of conjugating a verb) · nn konjugasjon (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · pt união (coming together of things) · sh konjugácija (fusion of organisms) · nb konjugasjon (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · nl vervoeging (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · he נְטִיָּה (act of conjugating a verb) · ky жакталыш (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · pt forma verbal (conjugated forms of a verb) · kk жіктеу (act of conjugating a verb) · ky жакталыш (act of conjugating a verb) · el σύζευξη (fusion of organisms) · be спражэ́ньне (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · bg съедине́ние (coming together of things) · ja 連結 (coming together of things) · fi taivuttaminen (act of conjugating a verb) · cs ohýbání (act of conjugating a verb) · id konjugasi (coming together of things) · ce хийцар (act of conjugating a verb) · nb bøying (act of conjugating a verb) · az təsrif (act of conjugating a verb) · sh конјуга́ција (act of conjugating a verb) · el συζυγία (coming together of things) · pl połączenie (coming together of things) · fa-ira تَصْریف (act of conjugating a verb) · th การผันคำกริยา (coming together of things) · kk жіктелу (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · nn bøying (act of conjugating a verb) · it coniugazione (act of conjugating a verb) · nrf conjudgaison (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · pt junção (coming together of things) · grc συζυγία (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · lv konjugācija (act of conjugating a verb) · fi yhdyntä (fusion of organisms) · is beyging (act of conjugating a verb) · da verbbøjning (act of conjugating a verb) · da bøjning (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · hy խոնարհում (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · nb bøyning (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ms konjugasi (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · tg тасрифкунӣ (act of conjugating a verb) · sv böjning (act of conjugating a verb) · ka უღლება (act of conjugating a verb) · el κλίση (act of conjugating a verb) · cs spájení (fusion of organisms) · cmn 變位 /变位 (act of conjugating a verb) · cs konjugace (fusion of organisms) · uz tuslanish (act of conjugating a verb) · fr conjugaison (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ja 接合 (coming together of things) · uz tuslanish (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ga réimniú (act of conjugating a verb) · cmn 變位 /变位 (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ca conjugació (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · eo konjugacio (act of conjugating a verb) · kk жіктелу (act of conjugating a verb) · cy cyfunedd (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ja 結合 (coming together of things) · pl koniugacja (act of conjugating a verb) · ka უღვლილება (act of conjugating a verb) · an conchugación (act of conjugating a verb) · fi yhtyminen (fusion of organisms) · sh konjugácija (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · la coniugātiō (act of conjugating a verb) · id konjugasi (act of conjugating a verb) · ur صَرْف (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · nrf conjudgaison (conjugated forms of a verb) · sk časovanie (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · fi taivutus (act of conjugating a verb) · lt konjugacija (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · id tasrif (act of conjugating a verb) · sv konjugation (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · sl konjugacija (act of conjugating a verb) · et konjugatsioon (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ru конъюга́ция (fusion of organisms) · pt conjugação (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · el συζυγία (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ka უღვლილება (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · cs časování (act of conjugating a verb) · ko 활용 (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · cs konjugace (act of conjugating a verb) · is persónubeyging sagna (act of conjugating a verb) · fi konjugaatio (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · de Konjugation (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · be спражэ́ньне (act of conjugating a verb) · da konjugation (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · fa-ira صَرْف (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ru спряже́ние (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · bg спряга́не (act of conjugating a verb) · fa-ira صَرْف (act of conjugating a verb) · fa-ira تَصْریفِ فِعْل (act of conjugating a verb) · cmn 動詞變化 /动词变化 (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · cs spojování (coming together of things) · nn bøying (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ms tasrif (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · sl konjugacija (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · tg тасрифкунӣ (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · pl koniugacja (conjugated forms of a verb) · hy խոնարհում (act of conjugating a verb) · pt união (fusion of organisms) · fi taivutuskaava (conjugated forms of a verb) · lt konjugacija (act of conjugating a verb) · ga comhchuingiú (fusion of organisms) · tl pagkakaisa (coming together of things) · sv konjugering (act of conjugating a verb) · be спражэ́нне (act of conjugating a verb) · tr çekim (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · ja 活用 (in some languages, one of several classifications of verbs) · is sagnbeyging (act of conjugating a verb) · uk дієвідмі́на (act of conjugating a verb) · hu igeragozás (act of conjugating a verb)