-ation

English

Etymology

From the Latin suffix -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (from whence -tion).

Suffix

-ation

1. An action or process - e.g. hibernation.
2. The result of an action or process - e.g. accumulation.
3. A state or quality - e.g. exhilaration.

Related terms

• -tion

Derived terms

• -ification
• -ization/-isation
• -ational

[+] English words suffixed with -ation

Translations

-ation (suffix)

Anglo-Norman: -ation, -acion Arabic: ـية (ar) (-íyya) Belarusian: -ацыя (be) (-ácyja) f. Bulgarian: -ация (bg) (-ácija) f. Catalan: -ació (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: -化 (cmn) (-huà) Czech: -ace (cs) f. Dutch: -tie (nl) f., -atie (nl) f. Estonian: -atsioon (et) Finnish: -aatio (fi) French: -ation (fr) f. Old French: -ation, -acion Middle French: -ation Galician: -ación (gl) German: -ation (de) f. Japanese: -化 (ja) (-か, -ka)

Korean: -화 (ko) (-hwa) (-化 (ko) (-か, -ka)) Macedonian: -ација (mk) (-ácija) f. Occitan: -acion (oc) Polish: -acja (pl) Portuguese: -ação (pt) f. Romanian: -are (ro), -ire (ro) Russian: -ация (ru) (-ácija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: -ација (sh) f. Roman: -acija (sh) f. Slovak: -ácia (sk) f. Slovene: -acija (sl) f. Spanish: -ación (es) Swedish: -ation (sv) Ukrainian: -ація (uk) (-ácija) f. Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi) (-化 (vi) (-か, -ka))