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語源

Borrowed from Middle French declination or its etymon Latin dēclīnātiō; by surface analysis, declinen +‎ -acioun and a doublet of declinson.

発音

• IPA: /dɛˌklinˌaːsiˈuːn/, /dɛˈklinaːsjun/

名詞

declinacioun (plural declinaciouns)

1. (astronomy) Declination; angle of an object from the celestial equator (or occasionally ecliptic)
2. (especially pathology) Decline, deterioration; the state of diminishing.
3. (rare) A downwards hang; a drooping (of bones or plants)
4. (grammar, rare) A grammatical declension; a nominal inflection class.

派生した語

• English: declination
• Middle Scots: declinatioun

参照

• “declināciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.