declinacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˌklinˌaːsiˈuːn/, /dɛˈklinaːsjun/

Noun

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.

Descendants

  • English: declination
  • Middle Scots: declinatioun

References

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