-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

The process of becoming.

Usage notes

This suffix 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

abjectification

abstractification

absurdification

adjunctification

Amazonification

analytification

antiquification

asbestification

Atlantification

Azerbaijanification

babygirlification

blustrification

bourgeoisification

Brazilification

Britishification

carbonification

cartoonification

chondrification

commodification

compactification

complexification

concavification

convexification

cylindrification

de-Baathification

de-Baʻthification

debendification

decomplexification

degunkification

demassification

derussification

desertification

destressification

dezionification

Disneylandification

diversification

dragonification

dumbassification

electronification

Englishification

footballification

forestification

fossilification

Frenchification

Germanification

gigantification

granitification

Greenlandification

hashtagification

healthification

Hollywoodification

imbecilification

intensification

interesterification

Israelification

jackassification

Kazakhification

lichenification

methylesterification

monstrification

MrBeastification

museumification

Muslimification

nonsensification

objectification

obligatorification

obscurification

overjustification

paparazzification

parentification

passportification

personification

polyesterification

Related terms

other terms ending in -ification

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)

-ification

Derived terms

Related terms

-ifier

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