-ification

See also: -ificâtion

English

Alternative forms

• -fication

Etymology

From Middle English -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), from Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -ficātiō, a noun ending which appears on action nouns formed using the suffix -tiō (English -tion) from verbs ending in -ficō (English -ify). Compare -faction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Suffix

-ification

1. The process of becoming.

Usage notes

Occurs in words of French or Latin origin, but is also productive in English. When applying the suffix -ation to a verb ending in -ify, -ification is used instead of the expected *-ifiation. Compare -ability.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ification

Related terms

• -ific
• -ificate
• -ifier
• -ify

other terms ending in -ification

• acetification
• acidification
• amplification
• beatification
• beautification
• BibTeXification
• bourgeoisification
• calcification
• certification
• clarification
• classification
• codification
• complexification
• debathification
• decalcification
• declassification
• deification
• demystification
• denazification
• denitrification
• desertification
• despecification
• detoxification
• disqualification
• diversification
• dowdification
• edification
• electrification
• emulsification
• exemplification
• extensification
• falsification
• floccinaucinihilipilification
• fortification
• Frenchification
• fructification
• gentrification
• glorification
• gratification
• humidification
• identification
• indemnification
• intensification
• jollification
• justification
• magnification
• modification
• mortification
• mummification
• mystification
• nitrification
• notification
• nullification
• obscurification
• ossification
• pacification
• personification
• petrification
• purification
• qualification
• quantification
• ramification
• rancidification
• ratification
• rectification
• reunification
• rigidification
• sanctification
• saponification
• scarification
• scorification
• signification
• silicification
• simplification
• solidification
• specification
• stratification
• studentification
• syllabification
• transmogrification
• typification
• unification
• verbification
• verification
• versification
• vilification
• vinification
• vitrification
• vivification

Translations

process of becoming

• Afrikaans: -ifikasie, -fikasie, -ifisering, -fisering
• Albanian: -ifikim m, -fikim m
• Asturian: -ificación f, -ficación f
• Basque: -ifikazio, -fikazio
• Belarusian: -ыфіка́цыя f (-yfikácyja), -фіка́цыя f (-fikácyja)
• Bulgarian: -ифика́ция f (-ifikácija), -фика́ция f (-fikácija)
• Catalan: -ificació f, -ficació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: -化 (faa³)

  Hakka: -化 (fa)

  Hokkien: -化 (hoà)

  Mandarin: -化 (zh) (-huà)

• Czech: -ifikace f, -fikace f
• Danish: -ifikation c, -fikation c, -ificering c, -ficering c
• Dutch: -ificatie f, -ficatie f, -ifisering f, -fisering f
• Finnish: -ifikaatio, -fikaatio, -ifiointi, -fiointi
• French: -ification (fr) f, -fication (fr) f
• Galician: -ificación f, -ficación f
• Georgian: -იფიკაცია (-ipiḳacia), -ფიკაცია (-piḳacia)
• German: -ifikation f, -fikation f, -ifizierung f, -fizierung f
• Greek: -ποίηση (el) (-poíisi)
• Hebrew: ־יפִיקַצְיָה f (-ifikátsya), ־פִיקַצְיָה f (-fikátsya)
• Hungarian: -ifikáció, -fikáció
• Indonesian: -ifikasi, -fikasi
• Italian: -ificazione f, -ficazione f
• Japanese: -化 (ja) (-か, -ka)
• Korean: 화(化) (-hwa)
• Latvian: -ifikācija f, -ifikācija f
• Lithuanian: -ifikacija f, -ifikacija f
• Macedonian: -ификација f (-ifikacija), -фикација f (-fikacija)
• Norman: -ificâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -ifikasjon m, -fikasjon m, -ifisering f, -fisering f

  Nynorsk: -ifikasjon m, -fikasjon m, -ifisering f, -fisering f

• Occitan: -ificacion f, -ficacion f
• Polish: -yfikacja f, -fikacja f
• Portuguese: -ificação f, -ficação f
• Romanian: -ificare f, -ficare f
• Russian: -ифика́ция (ru) f (-ifikácija), -фика́ция (ru) f (-fikácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: -ифика́ција f, -фика́ција f

  Roman: -ifikácija f, -fikácija f

• Slovak: -ifikácia f, -fikácia f
• Slovene: -ifikacija f, -fikacija f
• Spanish: -ificación f, -ficación f
• Swedish: -ifikation c, -fikation c, -ifiering c, -fiering c
• Tagalog: -ipikasyon -pikasyon
• Turkish: -ifikasyon, -fikasyon
• Ukrainian: -ифіка́ція f (-yfikácija), -фіка́ція f (-fikácija)
• Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi) (-化)
• Yiddish: ־יפֿיקאַציע (-ifikatsye), ־פֿיקאַציע (-fikatsye), ־יפֿיצירונג (-ifitsirung), ־פֿיצירונג (-fitsirung)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -ification, in turn borrowed from Latin -ficātiōnem, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

Suffix

-ification f (plural -ifications)

1. -ification

Derived terms

• authentification
• béatification
• bonification
• certification
• clarification
• classification
• codification
• décalcification
• déification
• démystification
• démythification
• désertification
• disqualification
• diversification
• édification
• électrification
• falsification
• fortification
• fructification
• gazéification
• gentrification
• glorification
• gratification
• humidification
• identification
• intensification
• justification
• lubrification
• mèmification
• modification
• mollification
• mortification
• mystification
• notification
• opacification
• ossification
• pacification
• panification
• personnification
• pétrification
• planification
• purification
• qualification
• quantification
• ramification
• ratification
• rectification
• réunification
• russification
• sanctification
• scarification
• signification
• simplification
• solidification
• spécification
• stratification
• tarification
• unification
• vérification
• versification
• vinification
• vitrification

 

Related terms

• -ifier