creation

See also: création and créâtion

English

Etymology

From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creationis; equivalent to create +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹiːˈeɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): [kɹiːˈʲeɪʃɘn]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)

1. (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

   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

• cocreation, co-creation

Related terms

• creatability
• creatable
• creatableness
• creational
• creationally
• creationarily
• creationary
• creationism
• creationist
• creationistic
• creationistically
• creation science
• creative

• creatively
• creativeness
• creativity
• create
• Creator, creator
• creatorship
• creatress
• creatrix
• creatural
• creaturally
• creature
• creature comforts
• creaturely
• creatureliness

Translations

something created such as an invention or artwork

• Armenian: երկ (hy) (erk), ստեղծագործություն (hy) (stełcagorcutʿyun), գործ (hy) (gorc)
• Asturian: creación f
• Belarusian: тварэ́нне n (tvarénnje), стварэ́нне n (stvarénnje)
• Bulgarian: творе́ние (bg) n (tvorénie)
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創作品, 创作品 (chuàngzuòpǐn)

• Czech: výtvor m
• Dutch: creatie (nl) f, uitvinding (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreo
• 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
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (gaskafts)
• Greek: δημιούργημα (el) n (dimioúrgima), δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía)

  Ancient: κτίσις f (ktísis)

• Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
• Hungarian: alkotás (hu), mű (hu), teremtmény (hu)
• Italian: creazione (it) f
• Japanese: 創作物 (そうさくぶつ, sōsakubutsu)

• Kapampangan: pamilalang
• Lithuanian: kūrinys m
• Malay: ciptaan
• Maranao: inaden
• Middle English: schaft
• Norman: créâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (by a fashion house) kreasjon m

  Nynorsk: (by a fashion house) kreasjon m

• Old English: ġesceaft
• Polish: wytwór (pl) m
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creație (ro) f
• Russian: творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), де́тище (ru) n (détišče), произведе́ние (ru) n (proizvedénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: tvorevina (sh) f, stvorevina f, tvorba (sh) f
• Slovene: stvaritev (sl) f
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swahili: kiumbe (sw)
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
• Turkish: yaratı (tr), yaratım (tr), kreasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: творі́ння n (tvorínnja)

act of creation

• Arabic: اِبْتِكَار‎ m (ibtikār), خَلْق‎ (ar) m (ḵalq)
• Armenian: ստեղծագործում (hy) (stełcagorcum), ստեղծագործություն (hy) (stełcagorcutʿyun)
• Asturian: creación f
• Belarusian: тварэ́нне n (tvarénnje)
• Bulgarian: създава́не (bg) n (sǎzdaváne), сътворе́ние (bg) n (sǎtvorénie)
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 創作 (zh), 创作 (zh) (chuàngzuò), 創造 (zh), 创造 (zh) (chuàngzào)

• Czech: tvoření n, vytvoření (cs) n, vytváření (cs) n
• Dutch: creatie (nl) f, schepping (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreado
• 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)

  Ancient Greek: κτίσις f (ktísis)

• Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
• Hebrew: יצירה‎ (he) f (yetzira)
• Hungarian: alkotás (hu), teremtés (hu)

• Italian: creazione (it) f
• Japanese: 創造 (ja) (そうぞう, sōzō), 創作 (ja) (そうさく, sōsaku)
• Kapampangan: pamaglalang
• Korean: 창조 (ko) (changjo), 창작 (ko) (changjak)
• Lithuanian: kūryba f
• Malay: penciptaan
• Maori: hanganga, waihanganga, whaihanganga
• Norman: créâtion f
• Old English: ġesceaft
• Persian: آفرینش‎ (fa) (âfarineš)
• Polish: tworzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: созда́ние (ru) n (sozdánije), созида́ние (ru) n (sozidánije), творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворе́ние (ru) n (sotvorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: stvaranje (sh), tvaranje
• Slovene: ustvarjanje n, stvarjenje (sl) n
• Swedish: skapande (sv) n
• Tajik: офариниш (tg) (ofariniš)
• Turkish: yaratma (tr), yaratış (tr)
• Ukrainian: тво́рення n (tvórennja)

(Biblical) all which exists

• Arabic: خَلْق‎ (ar) m (ḵalq)
• Asturian: creación f
• Catalan: creació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬物 (zh), 万物 (zh) (wànwù)

• Czech: stvoření n
• Dutch: schepping (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreitaro
• Finnish: luomakunta (fi)
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Schöpfung (de) f
• Greek: πλάση (el) f (plási)
• Hebrew: בריאה‎ f (bri'a)
• Hungarian: teremtés (hu)
• Italian: creazione (it) f, creato (it) m
• Japanese: 万物 (ja) (ばんぶつ, banbutsu)

• Lithuanian: kūriniai m pl
• Malay: kejadian (ms)
• Maori: orokohanga (mi)
• Middle English: schaft
• Norman: créâtion f
• Norwegian: skapning m
• Old English: ġesceaft
• Polish: stworzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: мирозда́ние (ru) n (mirozdánije), творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворе́ние (ru) n (sotvorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: mirozdanje, stvaranje (sh), tvorba (sh)
• Slovene: stvarstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: sangkalikhaan

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 Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 창조 (ko) (changjo)

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} creación (es) f

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anticore, reaction, reäction

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Middle English

Noun

creation

1. Alternative form of creacion