-ation
English dictionary entry
Meanings
suffix
- An action or process.
- The result of an action or process.
- A state or quality.
Pronunciation
ā′shən
/ˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
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/ˈɛjʃən/
/ˈæɪ̯.ʃən/
/ˈe.ʃən/
/ˈeː.ʃon/
Word forms
-ation
-ations
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Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
Inherited from Middle English -acioun, borrowed from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō. By surface analysis, -ate + -ion.
Translations
Afrikaans: -asie
Afrikaans: -sie
Afrikaans: -ering
Albanian: -im
Arabic: ـِيَّة
Armenian: -ում
Asturian: -ación
Asturian: -ción
Azerbaijani: -asiya
Belarusian: -а́цыя
Bulgarian: -а́ция
Bulgarian: -не
Bulgarian: -ние
Catalan: -ació
Catalan: -ció
Chinese Cantonese: -化
Hakka Chinese: -化
Chinese: -化
Chinese Mandarin: -化
Czech: -ace
Danish: -ation
Danish: -tion
Danish: -ering
Dutch: -atie
Dutch: -tie
Dutch: -ering
Estonian: -atsioon
Finnish: -aatio
French: -ation
Middle French: -ation
Old French: -ation
Old French: -acion
Galician: -ación
Galician: -ción
German: -ation
German: -tion
German: -ierung
Hungarian: -áció
Indonesian: -sasi
Indonesian: -asi
Indonesian: -si
Italian: -zione
Japanese: -化
Korean: -화
Latvian: -ācija
Latvian: -cija
Lithuanian: -acija
Lithuanian: -cija
Macedonian: -а́ција
Malay: -asi
Norman: -âtion
Norwegian Bokmål: -asjon
Norwegian Bokmål: -sjon
Norwegian Bokmål: -ering
Norwegian Nynorsk: -asjon
Norwegian Nynorsk: -sjon
Norwegian Nynorsk: -ering
Occitan: -acion
Occitan: -cion
Persian: ی
Polish: -acja
Portuguese: -ção
Romanian: -are
Romanian: -ire
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