declinación

See also: declinacion

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin declinatio, declinationem.

Noun

declinación f (plural declinaciones)

1. (grammar) declension (a way of categorizing nouns)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin declinatio, declinationem.

Noun

declinación f (plural declinacións)

1. declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēclīnātiōnem (“declension”), from dēclīnō (“decline”) + -ātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deklinaˈθjon/ [d̪e.kli.naˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deklinaˈsjon/ [d̪e.kli.naˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧cli‧na‧ción

Noun

declinación f (plural declinaciones)

1. declension
2. declination

Derived terms

• círculo de declinación

Related terms

• declinar

Further reading

• “declinación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10