-ation

See also: -âtion

English

Alternative forms

• ⠠⠝ (Braille)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English -acioun, -acion, from Old French -acion, -ation, from Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (whence -tion). Equivalent to -ate + -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪʃn̩/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Suffix

-ation

1. An action or process.

   ‎sediment + ‎-ation → ‎sedimentation

2. The result of an action or process.

   ‎found + ‎-ation → ‎foundation

3. A state or quality.

   ‎color + ‎-ation → ‎coloration

Derived terms

• -ization/-isation

English terms suffixed with -ation

Related terms

• -ification
• -tion

Translations

-ation (suffix)

• Afrikaans: -asie, -sie, -ering
• Albanian: -im
• Arabic: ـِيَّة (-iyya)
• Armenian: -ում (-um)
• Asturian: -ación f, -ción f
• Azerbaijani: -asiya
• Belarusian: -а́цыя f (-ácyja)
• Bulgarian: -а́ция f (-ácija)
• Catalan: -ació f, -ció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: -化 (faa³)

  Hakka: -化 (fa)

  Hokkien: -化 (hoà)

  Mandarin: -化 (zh) (-huà)

• Czech: -ace f
• Danish: -ation (da) c, -tion c, -ering c
• Dutch: -atie (nl) f, -tie (nl) f, -ering f
• Estonian: -atsioon
• Finnish: -aatio
• French: -ation (fr) f, -ation (fr) f

  Middle French: -ation

  Old French: -ation, -acion

• Galician: -ación f, -ción (gl) f
• German: -ation (de) f, -tion (de) f, -ierung (de) f
• Hungarian: -áció
• Indonesian: -sasi (id), -asi (id), -si
• Italian: -zione f
• Japanese: -化 (ja) (-か, -ka)
• Korean: 화(化) (-hwa)
• Latvian: -ācija f, -cija f
• Lithuanian: -acija f, -cija f
• Macedonian: -а́ција f (-ácija)
• Malay: -asi
• Norman: -âtion f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -asjon m, -sjon (no) m, -ering f

  Nynorsk: -asjon m, -sjon m, -ering f

• Occitan: -acion f, -cion f
• Persian: ی
• Polish: -acja
• Portuguese: -ação f, -ção (pt) f
• Romanian: -are, -ire
• Russian: -ение n (-enije), -а́ция f (-ácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: -ација f

  Roman: -acija f

• Slovak: -ácia f
• Slovene: -acija f
• Spanish: -ación f, -ción (es) f
• Swedish: -ation (sv), -tion (sv) c, -ring c
• Ukrainian: -а́ція f (-ácija)
• Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi) (-化)

Anagrams

• Aiton, Naito, Otani, Taino, Taíno, Tiano, Tonia, anito

French

Alternative forms

• -sion, -tion, -xion

Etymology

From Old French -ation, borrowed from Latin -ātiōnem. In words inherited through Vulgar Latin, the same suffix yielded -aison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Suffix

-ation f (plural -ations)

1. -ation

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ation

Middle English

Suffix

-ation

1. Alternative form of -acioun

Middle French

Alternative forms

• -acion

Etymology

From Old French -ation.

Suffix

-ation

1. -ation

Descendants

• French: -ation

Old French

Alternative forms

• -acion, -aciun, -atiun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātiō, -ātiōnem.

Suffix

-ation

1. -ation

Descendants

• Middle French: -ation
  • French: -ation
• → Middle English: -acioun, -acion, -acyon, -acyoun, -acyun, -ation
  • English: -ation

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ʃõ/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ʃõ]

Suffix

-ation

1. (humorous) used instead of -ação to give the word an air of formality

   ‎enrolar (“to beat around the bush”) + ‎-ation → ‎enrolation (“beating around the bush”)

   ‎faturar (“to profit”) + ‎-ation → ‎faturation (“profits”)