English Explanatory Dictionary

-ification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms nouns denoting the act or process whereby a subject becomes something else.

Pronunciation

/ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ification.wav

Word forms

-ification -ifications -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.

Related words

-ific -ificate -ifier -ify -ication 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
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