-ation
See also: -âtion
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English -acioun / -acion,, derived from Old French -acion / -ation, derived from Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (whence -tion). By surface analysis, -ate + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: ā′shən
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈæɪ̯.ʃən/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈe.ʃən/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈeː.ʃon/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: -a‧tion
Suffix
[edit]-ation
- An action or process.
- sediment + -ation → sedimentation
- The result of an action or process.
- found + -ation → foundation
- A state or quality.
- color + -ation → coloration
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]-ation (suffix)
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, borrowed from Latin -ātiō. In words inherited through Vulgar Latin, the same suffix yielded -aison.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ation f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ations)
- Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
Derived terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ation
- alternative form of -acioun
Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French -ation, borrowed from Latin -ātiō.
Suffix
[edit]-ation
Descendants
[edit]- French: -ation
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ation
Descendants
[edit]- Middle French: -ation
- French: -ation
- → Middle English: -acioun, -acion, -acyon, -acyoun, -acyun, -ation
- English: -ation
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English -ation.
Pronunciation
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Suffix
[edit]-ation f (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
- (humorous) used instead of -ção to give the word an air of formality or anglicization
- enrolar (“to beat around the bush”) + -ation → enrolation (“beating around the bush”)
- faturar (“to profit”) + -ation → faturation (“profits”)
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -ate
- English terms suffixed with -ion
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪʃən
- Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English noun-forming suffixes
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French doublets
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/ɔ̃
- Rhymes:French/ɔ̃/2 syllables
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable suffixes
- French feminine suffixes
- Middle English alternative forms
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French suffixes
- Old French terms borrowed from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French suffixes
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese noun-forming suffixes
- Portuguese uncountable suffixes
- Portuguese feminine suffixes
- Portuguese humorous terms