creation

See also: création and créâtion

English

Etymology

From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis; equivalent to create +‎ -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹiːˈeɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): [kɹiːˈʲeɪʃɘn]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)

1. (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

   I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!

2. (uncountable) The act of creating something.

   The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.

   the creation of passwords is done by a computer.

3. (uncountable) All which exists.

   Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.

Derived terms

• cocreation
• co-creation
• collaborative creation
• creational
• creationary
• creationism
• creationist
• creation myth
• creation science
• creation scientist
• loan creation
• re-creation
• special creation

 

Related terms

• creatability
• creatable
• creatableness
• create
• creationally
• creationarily
• creationistic
• creationistically
• creative
• creatively
• creativeness
• creativity
• creator
• Creator
• creatorship
• creatress
• creatrix
• creatural
• creaturally
• creature
• creature comforts
• creatureliness
• creaturely

 

Translations

something created such as an invention or artwork

• Armenian: երկ (hy) (erk), ստեղծագործություն (hy) (steġcagorcutʻyun), գործ (hy) (gorc)
• Asturian: creación f
• Belarusian: тварэ́нне n (tvarénnje), стварэ́нне n (stvarénnje)
• Bengali: তৈরী (tōiri)
• Bulgarian: творе́ние (bg) n (tvorénie)
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創作品／创作品 (chuàngzuòpǐn)

• Czech: výtvor m
• Dutch: creatie (nl) f, uitvinding (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreo
• Finnish: luomus (fi)
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Erfindung (de) f, Werk (de) n, Kreation (de) f, Schöpfung (de) f, Gebilde (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (gaskafts)
• Greek: δημιούργημα (el) n (dimioúrgima), δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía)

  Ancient: κτίσις f (ktísis)

• Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
• Hebrew: יְצִירָה (he) f (yetsirá)
• Hindi: सृष्टि (hi) f (sŕṣṭi)
• Hungarian: alkotás (hu), mű (hu), teremtmény (hu)
• Ilocano: parsua
• Indonesian: ciptaan (id)
• Italian: creazione (it) f
• Japanese: 創作物 (そうさくぶつ, sōsakubutsu)
• Kapampangan: pamilalang
• Korean: 창작품(創作品) (ko) (changjakpum)
• Lithuanian: kūrinys m
• Macedonian: творба f (tvorba)
• Malay: ciptaan (ms)
• Maranao: inaden
• Middle English: schaft
• Norman: créâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kreasjon m

  Nynorsk: kreasjon m

• Old English: ġesċeaft f or n, ġesċæft f or n, ġesċeft f or n
• Plautdietsch: Schepfunk f
• Polish: wytwór (pl) m
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creație (ro) f
• Russian: творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), де́тище (ru) n (détišče), произведе́ние (ru) n (proizvedénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: tvorevina (sh) f, stvorevina f, tvorba (sh) f

• Slovak: výtvor m
• Slovene: stvaritev (sl) f
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swahili: kiumbe (sw)
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: likha (tl)
• Turkish: yaratı (tr), yaratım (tr), kreasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: творі́ння n (tvorínnja), тво́рення n (tvórennja)

act of creation

• Arabic: اِبْتِكَار m (ibtikār), خَلْق (ar) m (ḵalq)
• Armenian: ստեղծագործում (hy) (steġcagorcum), ստեղծագործություն (hy) (steġcagorcutʻyun), ստեղծում (hy) (steġcum)
• Asturian: creación f
• Belarusian: тварэ́нне n (tvarénnje)
• Bulgarian: създава́не (bg) n (sǎzdaváne), сътворе́ние (bg) n (sǎtvorénie)
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Cebuano: buhat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創作／创作 (zh) (chuàngzuò), 創造／创造 (zh) (chuàngzào)

• Czech: tvoření n, vytvoření (cs) n, vytváření (cs) n, tvorba (cs) f, kreace f
• Danish: skabelse c
• Dutch: creatie (nl) f, schepping (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreado
• Finnish: luominen (fi)
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Kreation (de) f, Schöpfung (de) f, Erstellung (de) f, Schaffung (de) f, Schaffen (de) n, Erschaffung (de) f, Erschaffen n, Kreierung f, Kreieren n
• Greek: δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía)

  Ancient Greek: κτίσις f (ktísis)

• Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
• Hebrew: יְצִירָה (he) f (yetsirá)
• Hungarian: alkotás (hu), teremtés (hu)
• Ilocano: parsua
• Indonesian: penciptaan (id)
• Italian: creazione (it) f
• Japanese: 創造 (ja) (そうぞう, sōzō), 創作 (ja) (そうさく, sōsaku)
• Kapampangan: pamaglalang
• Korean: 창조(創造) (ko) (changjo), 창작(創作) (ko) (changjak)
• Lithuanian: kūryba f
• Macedonian: создавање n (sozdavanje), творба f (tvorba)
• Malay: penciptaan (ms)
• Maori: hanganga, waihanganga, whaihanganga
• Norman: créâtion f
• Old English: ġesceaft
• Persian: آفَرینِش (fa) (âfarineš)
• Plautdietsch: Schepfunk f
• Polish: tworzenie (pl) n, kreacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: созда́ние (ru) n (sozdánije), созида́ние (ru) n (sozidánije), творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворе́ние (ru) n (sotvorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: stvaranje (sh) n, tvaranje n

• Slovak: stvorenie n, vytvorenie n, tvorba f, kreácia f (literary)
• Slovene: ustvarjanje n, stvarjenje (sl) n
• Swahili: uumbaji
• Swedish: skapande (sv) n
• Tagalog: likha (tl)
• Tajik: офариниш (tg) (ofariniš)
• Turkish: yaratma (tr), yaratış (tr)
• Ukrainian: тво́рення n (tvórennja), творі́ння n (tvorínnja), ство́рення n (stvórennja)

(Biblical) all which exists

• Arabic: خَلْق (ar) m (ḵalq)
• Asturian: creación f
• Belarusian: светабудо́ва f (svjetabudóva), стварэ́нне n (stvarénnje)
• Bengali: মখলুকাত (mokhlukat)
• Bulgarian: сътворе́ние (bg) n (sǎtvorénie), творе́ние (bg) n (tvorénie)
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬物／万物 (zh) (wànwù)

• Czech: stvoření (cs) n
• Danish: skabelse n, skabning c
• Dutch: schepping (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreitaro
• Finnish: luomakunta (fi)
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Schöpfung (de) f
• Greek: πλάση (el) f (plási)
• Hebrew: בְּרִיאָה f (bri'á)
• Hungarian: teremtés (hu)
• Italian: creazione (it) f, creato (it) m
• Japanese: 万物 (ja) (ばんぶつ, banbutsu)
• Korean: 만물(萬物) (ko) (manmul)
• Lithuanian: kūriniai m pl
• Malay: kejadian (ms)
• Maori: orokohanga (mi)
• Middle English: schaft
• Norman: créâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skapning m

• Old English: ġesceaft
• Polish: stworzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: мирозда́ние (ru) n (mirozdánije), творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворе́ние (ru) n (sotvorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: mirozdanje, stvaranje (sh), tvorba (sh)

• Slovak: stvorenie n
• Slovene: stvarstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: sangkalikhaan
• Ukrainian: світобудо́ва f (svitobudóva), ство́рення n (stvórennja)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} creación (es) f

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anoretic, anticore, reaction, reäction

Interlingua

Noun

creation (plural creationes)

1. creation

Middle English

Noun

creation

1. Alternative form of creacion