derivation

See also: Derivation and dérivation

English

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
3. (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).

   the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root

4. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
6. That from which a thing is derived.
7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
8. (mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
9. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derived terms

• derivational
• derivation tree
• zero derivation

Related terms

• derive
• derived
• derivative

Translations

leading or drawing off of water

• Bulgarian: деривация (derivacija)
• Finnish: juoksutus (fi)
• Italian: deviazione (it) f
• Romanian: derivație (ro) f
• Swedish: avledning (sv) c

act of receiving anything from a source

• Bulgarian: извеждане (izveždane)
• Czech: odvození n
• Finnish: johtaminen (fi)
• Hungarian: kinyerés (hu), származtatás (hu)
• Italian: derivazione (it) f

act of tracing origin or descent

• Bulgarian: етимология (bg) (etimologija)
• Catalan: derivació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 派生 (zh) (pàishēng)

• Danish: afledning c
• Esperanto: derivado
• Finnish: johtaminen (fi) (grammar)
• Hungarian: származtatás (hu)
• Italian: etimologia (it) f
• Japanese: 派生 (ja) (hasei)
• Maori: takenga
• Mongolian: гарал үүсэл (mn) (garal üüsel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avledning m or f, avleiing m or f

  Nynorsk: avleiing f

• Russian: происхожде́ние (ru) n (proisxoždénije)
• Spanish: derivación (es) f
• Swedish: avledning (sv) c, härledning (sv) c
• Venetian: derivasion (vec) f

forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it

• Azerbaijani: törəmə, derivativ
• Danish: afledning c, derivation c
• Dutch: afleiding (nl) f, derivatie (nl) f
• Georgian: წარმოქმნა (c̣armokmna), სიტყვაწარმოქმნა (siṭq̇vac̣armokmna), წარმოება (c̣armoeba), სიტყვაწარმოება (siṭq̇vac̣armoeba), დერივაცია (derivacia)
• Hungarian: deriváció, képzés (hu), szóképzés (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avledning m or f, avleiing m or f, derivasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: avleiing f, derivasjon m

• Polish: derywacja (pl) f

state or method of being derived

• Finnish: johtaminen (fi) (state); johto-oppi (method)

that from which sthg is derived

• Danish: afledning c
• Finnish: kanta (fi) (linguistics)
• Hungarian: eredet (hu), kiindulás (hu)

that which is derived

• Danish: afledning c, derivat n
• Finnish: johdos (fi)
• Hungarian: származék (hu)
• Maori: takenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avledning m or f, avleiing m or f

  Nynorsk: avleiing f

• Polish: derywacja (pl) f

math: operation of deducing

• Bulgarian: диференциране (diferencirane)
• Czech: derivace (cs) f
• Finnish: johtaminen (fi)
• Georgian: გაწარმოება (gac̣armoeba)
• German: Derivation (de) f
• Hungarian: deriválás (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: derivasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: derivasjon m

• Romanian: derivare (ro) f
• Slovak: derivácia f
• Spanish: derivada (es) f, derivación (es) f
• Swedish: derivering (sv) c, härledning (sv) c

medicine: drawing of humors or fluids

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: afleiding (nl) f
• Punjabi: ਵਿਉਤਪੱਤੀ f (viutapattī)

Further reading

• “derivation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

See also

• derivation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ordinative

Danish

Noun

derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

1. (grammar) derivation

Declension

Declension of derivation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	derivation	derivationen	derivationer	derivationerne
genitive	derivations	derivationens	derivationers	derivationernes

Further reading

• “derivation” in Den Danske Ordbog