creation

See also création, and créâtion

English

Etymology

From French création, from Latin creātiō, creationis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɹiːˈʲeɪʃɘn]

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable; plural creations)

1. (countable) An invention, artwork, etc.

   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.

3. (uncountable) All which exists.

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

Derived terms

biological creation cocreation, co-creation cosmic creation cultural creation emergent creation creation denial creation denier genetic creation intelligent design creation long-age creation

macrocreation microcreation old-earth creation organic creation planetary creation short-age creation social creation stellar creation young-age creation young-earth creation young-universe creation

Related terms

creatability creatable creatableness creational creationally creationarily creationary creationary science creationism creationist creationistic creationistically creation science creative creatively creativeness creativity create Creator, creator creatorship creatress creatrix creatural creaturally creature creature comforts creaturely creatureliness

intelligent design creationism intelligent design creationist long-age creationism long-age creationist macroecreational macrocreationary macrocreationism macrocreationist microcreational microcreationary microcreationism microcreationist old-age creationism old-age creationist old-earth creationism old-earth creationist old-universe creationism old-universe creationist scientific creationism scientific creationist short-age creationism short-age creationist young-age creationism young-age creationist young-earth creationism young-earth creationist young-universe creationism young-universe creationist

Translations

invention etc.

• Asturian: creación (ast) f
• Bulgarian: творение (bg) n (tvorenie)
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese: trad. 創作品, simpl. 创作品 (chuàngzuòpǐn)
• Dutch: creatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreo (eo)
• Finnish: luomus (fi)
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Erfindung (de) f, Werk (de) n, (set of fashion items only) Kreation (de) f, (artwork) Schöpfung (de) f
• Greek: δημιούργημα (el) n (dimioúrgima) (dimioúrgima), δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía) (dimiourgía)

• Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
• Hungarian: alkotás (hu), mű (hu), teremtmény (hu)
• Italian: creazione (it) f
• Jèrriais: créâtion f
• Lithuanian: kūrinys (lt) m
• Old English: ġesceaft (ang)
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creație (ro) f
• Russian: творение (ru) (tvor'énije) n , детище (ru) (d'étišče) n 
• Serbo-Croatian: tvorevina (sh) f, stvorevina (sh) f, tvorba (sh) f
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swahili: kiumbe (sw)

act of creation

• Asturian: creación (ast) f
• Bulgarian: създаване (bg) (sǎzdavane), сътворение (bg) n (sǎtvorenie)
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese: trad. 創作, simpl. 创作 (chuàngzuò)
• Dutch: creatie (nl) f, schepping (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreado (eo)
• Finnish: luominen (fi)
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Kreation (de) f, Schöpfung (de) f, Erstellung (de) f, Schaffung (de) f
• Greek: δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía) (dimiourgía)
• Haitian Creole: kreyasyon

• Hebrew: יצירה (he) (yetzira) f
• Hungarian: alkotás (hu), teremtés (hu)
• Italian: creazione (it) f
• Jèrriais: créâtion f
• Lithuanian: kūryba (lt) f
• Old English: ġesceaft (ang)
• Persian: آفرینش (fa)
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: созидание (ru) (sozidánije) n , творение (ru) (tvor'énije) n 
• Serbo-Croatian: stvaranje (sh), tvaranje (sh)

(Biblical) all which exists

• Asturian: creación (ast) f
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  trad. 萬物, simpl. 万物 (wànwù)

• Dutch: schepping (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreitaro (eo)
• Finnish: luomakunta (fi)
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Schöpfung (de) f
• Greek: πλάση (el) f (plási) (plási)
• Hebrew: בריאה (he) (bri'a) f

• Hungarian: teremtés (hu)
• Italian: creazione (it)
• Jèrriais: créâtion f
• Lithuanian: kūriniai (lt) m pl
• Old English: ġesceaft (ang)
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: мироздание (ru) (mirozdánije) n , творение (ru) (tvor'énije) n 
• Serbo-Croatian: mirozdanje (sh), stvaranje (sh), tvorba (sh)
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Japanese: 創造 (ja), 創作 (ja), 創作物 (ja)
• Korean: 창조 (ko)
• Spanish: creación (es) f

Anagrams

• actioner, anticore, reaction, reäction