-ation

See also: -âtion

English

Alternative forms

• ⠠⠝ (Braille)

Etymology

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): /ˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Suffix

-ation

1. An action or process

   ‎sediment + ‎-ation → ‎sedimentation

2. The result of an action or process

   accumulation

3. A state or quality

   exhilaration

Derived terms

• -ization/-isation

English terms suffixed with -ation

Related terms

• -ification
• -tion

Translations

-ation (suffix)

• Albanian: -im
• Arabic: ـِيَّة‎ (-iyya)
• Armenian: -ում (-um)
• Azerbaijani: -asiya
• Belarusian: -а́цыя f (-ácyja)
• Bulgarian: -а́ция f (-ácija)
• Catalan: -ació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -化 (zh) (-huà)

• Czech: -ace f
• Dutch: -tie f, -atie f
• Estonian: -atsioon
• Finnish: -aatio
• French: -ation f

  Middle French: -ation

  Old French: -ation, -acion

• Galician: -ación f
• German: -ation f, -ierung f
• Hungarian: -áció
• Indonesian: -sasi, -asi
• Italian: -zione f
• Japanese: -化 (-か, -ka)
• Korean: 화(化) (-hwa)
• Macedonian: -а́ција f (-ácija)
• Malay: -asi
• Norman: -âtion f (Jersey)
• Occitan: -acion f
• Persian: ‍ی‎
• Polish: -acja
• Portuguese: -ação 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
• Swedish: -ation
• Ukrainian: -а́ція f (-ácija)
• Vietnamese: ... hoá

Anagrams

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

French

Alternative forms

• -sion, -tion, -xion

Etymology

From Old French -ation, borrowed from Latin -ātiō, -ātiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet -aison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sjɔ̃/

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”)