inclination

English

Etymology

From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin inclīnātiō. Morphologically incline +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: in‧cli‧na‧tion

Noun

inclination (countable and uncountable, plural inclinations)

1. A physical tilt or bend.

   The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.

2. A slant or slope.

   The road up to the house had a steep inclination.

4. A tendency.

   His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.

5. (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane

   The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.

   Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.

6. (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.
   • c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs

     you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations

   • c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial

     Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

Synonyms

• (slant or slope): incline, inclining, steepness
• (tendency): leaning, proclivity, propensity

Derived terms

• inclinational

Related terms

• inclinable
• incline
• inclined plane
• inclinometer

Translations

physical tilt or bend

• Bulgarian: наклон (bg) m (naklon)
• Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
• Czech: sklon (cs) m, naklonění n
• Dutch: buiging (nl), knik (nl)
• Finnish: kallistus (fi), kallistuma
• Galician: inclinación (gl) f
• German: Neigung (de) f
• Italian: inclinazione (it) f
• Macedonian: на́клон m (náklon)
• Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
• Romanian: înclinare (ro) f
• Russian: накло́н (ru) m (naklón), наклоне́ние (ru) n (naklonénije)

slant or slope

• Bulgarian: склон (bg) m (sklon), скат (bg) m (skat)
• Catalan: desnivell m, inclinació (ca) f
• Czech: sklon (cs) m, náklon (cs) m
• Dutch: inclinatie (nl) f, helling (nl), glooiing (nl) f, glooiingshoek m
• Finnish: rinne (fi), mäki (fi)
• German: Steigung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κλίμα n (klíma)

• Hebrew: שיפוע m (shipúa)
• Italian: dislivello (it) m
• Latin: prōpensiō f
• Macedonian: на́клон m (náklon)
• Polish: pochyłość (pl) f
• Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
• Romanian: înclinație (ro) f, pantă (ro) f, povârniș (ro) n, înclinare (ro) f
• Russian: скло́н (ru) m (sklón), накло́н (ru) m (naklón), укло́н (ru) m (uklón), отко́с (ru) m (otkós), ска́т (ru) m (skát)

mental tendency

• Bengali: প্রবণতা (bn) (probnota)
• Bulgarian: склонност (bg) f (sklonnost)
• Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
• Czech: sklon (cs) m, náklonnost (cs) f
• Danish: tilbøjelighet
• Dutch: neiging (nl) f, tendens (nl)
• Esperanto: emo, inklino, tendenco
• Finnish: taipumus (fi)
• Georgian: მიდრეკილება (midreḳileba)
• German: Neigung (de) f
• Hebrew: נטיה (he) (n'tiyah)
• Hungarian: hajlam (hu)
• Indonesian: keberpihakan (id), inklanasi
• Italian: inclinazione (it) f
• Macedonian: скло́ност f (sklónost), на́клоност f (náklonost)
• Maori: ngākau
• Middle English: talent
• Norwegian: tilbøyelighet
• Polish: skłonność (pl) f
• Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
• Romanian: tendință (ro) f, înclinație (ro) f
• Russian: скло́нность (ru) f (sklónnostʹ), накло́нность (ru) f (naklónnostʹ), (tendency) тенде́нция (ru) f (tendéncija)
• Serbo-Croatian: sklonost (sh) f, nagnuće n
• Swedish: böjelse (sv) c
• Ukrainian: схи́льність f (sxýlʹnistʹ)

geometry: angle of intersection

• Bulgarian: наклон (bg) m (naklon)
• Catalan: inclinació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倾角 (zh) (qīngjiǎo)

• Czech: inklinace f
• Dutch: inclinatie (nl) f
• Finnish: inklinaatio (fi)
• Galician: inclinación (gl) f
• Italian: inclinazione (it) f
• Macedonian: наклон m (naklon)
• Polish: nachylenie (pl) n, inklinacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f
• Russian: накло́н (ru) m (naklón)
• Serbo-Croatian: inklinacija (sh) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} inclinaison (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} tendance (fr)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} inclinación (es) f

Anagrams

• anilinction

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclīnātiōnem. See also inclinaison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kli.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

inclination f (plural inclinations)

1. inclination (all senses)

Related terms

• enclin
• incliner

Further reading

• “inclination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.