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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English -cioun, borrowing from Old French -tion, -cion, borrowed from the stem of Latin -tiō. The Middle English -cioun became -tion in Modern English under the influence of the Middle French -tion and original Latin spellings.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /-ʃən/, (after a preceding “s”) /-tʃən/

Suffix

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-tion

  1. (no longer productive) Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, -ation is used.
    ignore + ‎-tion → ‎ignortion
    scrimp + ‎-tion → ‎scrimption

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Malay: -syen, -sen

Translations

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See also

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Further reading

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  • -tion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowing from French -tion, from the stem of Latin -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tion

  1. used to form nouns that denote an action or a process.
  2. The result of the aforementioned.

Derived terms

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French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed as a learned form from Latin suffix Latin -tiōne or -tiōnem, ending of the singular ablative or accusative of those nouns ending with -tiō (part of the Latin third declension). The original inherited form of the suffix, -on/-son (or -aison from -ātionem), is today less common but can be found in words such as raison, saison, chanson, venaison, oraison, garnison, etc.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tion f (countable and uncountable, plural -tions)

  1. Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -tion

Derived terms

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Descendants

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • -ation (different (surface) analysis)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /-ˈtsi̯oːn/, [-ˈt͡sjoːn], [-t͡siˈoːn]
  • The pronunciation with a syllabic [i] is virtually obsolete, thus one may simply transcribe /-ˈtsjoːn/.
  • Audio:(file)

Suffix

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-tion f (genitive -tion, plural -tionen)

  1. -tion
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Further reading

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  • -ation” in Duden online, “-ion” in Duden online, “-ation/-ierung” in Duden online (doesn't have -tion, -ition)
  • -ation” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (doesn't have -tion, -ion, -ition)

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tion c

  1. -tion; making nouns. See also -else, -ing and -ning.

Derived terms

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