derivation

See also: Derivation and dérivation

English

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
3. (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.

   the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root

4. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
6. That from which a thing is derived.
7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
8. (mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
9. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derived terms

• derivational
• derivation tree
• zero derivation

Related terms

• derive
• derived
• derivative

Translations

leading or drawing off of water

• Bulgarian: деривация (derivacija)
• Finnish: juoksutus (fi)
• Italian: deviazione (it) f
• Romanian: derivație (ro) f
• Swedish: avledning (sv) c

act of receiving anything from a source

• Bulgarian: извеждане (izveždane)
• Czech: odvození n
• Finnish: johtaminen (fi)
• Hungarian: kinyerés, származtatás
• Italian: derivazione (it) f

act of tracing origin or descent

• Bulgarian: етимология (bg) (etimologija)
• Catalan: derivació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 派生 (zh) (pàishēng)

• Danish: afledning c
• Esperanto: derivado (eo)
• Finnish: johtaminen (fi) (grammar)
• Hungarian: származtatás
• Italian: etimologia (it) f
• Japanese: 派生 (ja) (hasei)
• Maori: takenga
• Mongolian: гарал үүсэл (mn) (garal üüsel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avledning m or f, avleiing m or f

  Nynorsk: avleiing f

• Russian: происхожде́ние (ru) n (proisxoždénije)
• Spanish: derivación (es) f
• Swedish: avledning (sv) c, härledning (sv) c
• Venetian: derivasion (vec) f

forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it

• Danish: afledning c, derivation c
• Dutch: afleiding (nl) f, derivatie (nl) f
• Georgian: წარმოქმნა (c̣armokmna), სიტყვაწარმოქმნა (siṭq̇vac̣armokmna), წარმოება (c̣armoeba), სიტყვაწარმოება (siṭq̇vac̣armoeba), დერივაცია (derivacia)
• Hungarian: deriváció, képzés (hu), szóképzés (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avledning m or f, avleiing m or f, derivasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: avleiing f, derivasjon m

• Polish: derywacja (pl) f

state or method of being derived

• Finnish: johtaminen (fi) (state); johto-oppi (method)

that from which sthg is derived

• Danish: afledning c
• Finnish: kanta (fi) (linguistics)
• Hungarian: eredet (hu), kiindulás (hu)

that which is derived

• Danish: afledning c, derivat n
• Finnish: johdos (fi)
• Hungarian: származék (hu)
• Maori: takenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avledning m or f, avleiing m or f

  Nynorsk: avleiing f

• Polish: derywacja (pl) f

math: operation of deducing

• Bulgarian: диференциране (diferencirane)
• Czech: derivace (cs) f
• Finnish: johtaminen (fi)
• Georgian: გაწარმოება (gac̣armoeba)
• German: Derivation (de) f
• Hungarian: deriválás
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: derivasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: derivasjon m

• Romanian: derivare (ro) f
• Slovak: derivácia f
• Spanish: derivada (es) f, derivación (es) f
• Swedish: derivering (sv) c, härledning (sv) c

medicine: drawing of humors or fluids

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: afleiding (nl) f
• Punjabi: ਵਿਉਤਪੱਤੀ f (viutapattī)

Further reading

• “derivation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

See also

• derivation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ordinative

Danish

Noun

derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

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Declension

Declension of derivation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	derivation	derivationen	derivationer	derivationerne
genitive	derivations	derivationens	derivationers	derivationernes

Further reading

• “derivation” in Den Danske Ordbog