-ation

See also -âtion

English

Alternative forms

• ⠠⠝

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)

• Arabic: ـية (ar) (-íyya)
• Belarusian: -ацыя (be) (-ácyja) f
• Bulgarian: -ация (bg) (-ácija) f
• Catalan: -ació (ca) f
• 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) f
• German: -ation (de) f, -ierung (de) f
• Indonesian: -sasi (id)
• Japanese: -化 (ja) (-か, -ka)
• Jèrriais: -âtion f

• Korean: -화 (ko) (-hwa) (-化 (ko) (-か, -ka))
• Macedonian: -ација (mk) (-ácija) f
• Malay: -asi (ms)
• Occitan: -acion (oc) f
• 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) f
• Swedish: -ation (sv)
• Ukrainian: -ація (uk) (-ácija) f
• Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi)

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French

Alternative forms

• -sion
• -tion
• -xion

Etymology

Cf. -tion.

Suffix

-ation

1. -ation

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Middle French

Suffix

-ation

1. -ation

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Old French

Alternative forms

• -acion
• -aciun
• -atiun

Suffix

-ation

1. -ation