creation

See also: création and créâtion

English

Etymology

From Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creationis.

Pronunciation

• 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

• Asturian: creación f
• Bulgarian: творение (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 f, (artwork) Schöpfung (de) f
• Greek: δημιούργημα (el) n (dimioúrgima), δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: créâtion f
• Lithuanian: kūrinys m
• Old English: ġesceaft
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creație (ro) f
• Russian: творение (ru) n (tvorénije), детище (ru) n (détišče), произведение (ru) n (proizvedénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: tvorevina f, stvorevina f, tvorba f
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swahili: kiumbe (sw)

act of creation

• Arabic: إِبْتِكار m (ʾintikār), خَلْق (ar) m (xalq)
• Asturian: creación f
• Bulgarian: създаване (bg) n (sǎzdaváne), сътворение (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 n, vytváření n
• Dutch: creatie (nl) f, schepping (nl) f
• Esperanto: kreado
• Finnish: luominen
• French: création (fr) f
• Galician: creación (gl) f
• German: Kreation f, Schöpfung (de) f, Erstellung f, Schaffung (de) f
• Greek: δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: créâtion f
• Lithuanian: kūryba f
• Old English: ġesceaft
• Persian: آفرینش (fa) (âfarineš)
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: создание (ru) n (sozdánije), созидание (ru) n (sozidánije), творение (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворение (ru) n (sotvorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: stvaranje, tvaranje
• Tajik: офариниш (ofariniš)

(Biblical) all which exists

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

  Mandarin: 萬物, 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), creato (it) m
• Jèrriais: créâtion f
• Lithuanian: kūriniai m pl
• Old English: ġesceaft
• Portuguese: criação (pt) f
• Romanian: creare (ro) f
• Russian: мироздание (ru) n (mirozdánije), творение (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворение (ru) n (sotvorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: mirozdanje, stvaranje, tvorba
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: 창조 (ko) (chang-jo)
• Spanish: creación (es) f

Anagrams

• actioner, anticore, reaction, reäction