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English Alternative forms Etymology Pronunciation Suffix Derived terms Related terms Translations Anagrams French Alternative forms Etymology Pronunciation Suffix Derived terms Middle English Suffix Middle French Alternative forms Etymology Suffix Descendants Old French Alternative forms Etymology Suffix Descendants Portuguese Etymology Pronunciation Suffix

See also: -âtion

Alternative forms

⠠⠝ (Braille)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English -acioun, -acion, from Old French -acion, -ation, from Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (whence -tion). Equivalent to -ate + -ion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɪʃn̩/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Suffix

-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

-ization/-isation

English terms suffixed with -ation

academicization

accessorization

acclimatisation

acclimatization

accustomization

acetylglucosaminylation

acupuncturation

adverbialization

æstheticization

alphabetisation

alphabetization

alveolarization

Americanisation

Americanization

aminoalkylation

aminomethylation

anaesthetization

anagrammatisation

anagrammatization

anathematization

androgenization

androgynization

apostrophization

arabinosylation

aristocratization

Armenianization

austenitization

autosensitization

Azerbaijanization

basilectalization

bessemerization

bicapitalization

bureaucratization

butadienylation

canonicalization

carbamidomethylation

carboxymethylation

caricaturisation

caricaturization

catastrophisation

catastrophization

celebritization

characterisation

characterization

chloromethylation

Christianization

chromaticization

circumvallation

Related terms

-ification
-tion

Translations

-ation (suffix)

Afrikaans: -asie, -sie, -ering
Albanian: -im
Arabic: ـِيَّة (-iyya)
Armenian: -ում (-um)
Asturian: -ación f, -ción f
Azerbaijani: -asiya
Belarusian: -а́цыя f (-ácyja)
Bulgarian: -а́ция f (-ácija)
Catalan: -ació f, -ció (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: -化 (faa³)

Hakka: -化 (fa)

Hokkien: -化 (hoà)

Mandarin: -化 (zh) (-huà)
Czech: -ace f
Danish: -ation (da) c, -tion c, -ering c
Dutch: -atie (nl) f, -tie (nl) f, -ering f
Estonian: -atsioon
Finnish: -aatio
French: -ation (fr) f, -ation (fr) f
Middle French: -ation

Old French: -ation, -acion
Galician: -ación f, -ción (gl) f
German: -ation (de) f, -tion (de) f, -ierung (de) f
Hungarian: -áció
Indonesian: -sasi (id), -asi (id), -si
Italian: -zione f
Japanese: -化 (ja) (-か, -ka)
Korean: 화(化) (-hwa)
Latvian: -ācija f, -cija f
Lithuanian: -acija f, -cija f
Macedonian: -а́ција f (-ácija)
Malay: -asi
Norman: -âtion f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: -asjon m, -sjon (no) m, -ering f

Nynorsk: -asjon m, -sjon m, -ering f
Occitan: -acion f, -cion f
Persian: ی
Polish: -acja
Portuguese: -ação f, -ção (pt) f
Romanian: -are, -ire
Russian: -ение n (-enije), -а́ция f (-ácija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: -ација f

Roman: -acija f
Slovak: -ácia f
Slovene: -acija f
Spanish: -ación f, -ción (es) f
Swedish: -ation (sv), -tion (sv) c, -ring c
Ukrainian: -а́ція f (-ácija)
Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi) (-化)

Anagrams

Aiton, Naito, Otani, Taino, Taíno, Tiano, Tonia, anito

Alternative forms

-sion, -tion, -xion

Etymology

From Old French -ation, borrowed from Latin -ātiōnem. In words inherited through Vulgar Latin, the same suffix yielded -aison.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.sjɔ̃/
Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Suffix

-ation f (plural -ations)

-ation

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ation

accessoirisation

anathématisation

arithmétisation

artificialisation

bessemérisation

caractérisation

caramélisation

catégorisation

christianisation

commercialisation

compartimentation

complexification

comptabilisation

concrétisation

constitutionnalisation

conteneurisation

contractualisation

cristallisation

culpabilisation

décaféination

décapitalisation

décarboxylation

décélération

déchristianisation

décimalisation

décléricalisation

décolonisation

décommunisation

déconcentration

déconfessionnalisation

décontamination

décosaquisation

décrépitation

dédiabolisation

défenestration

défibrillation

défragmentation

déhydrogénation

déjudiciarisation

dékoulakisation

délégalisation

délocalisation

démagnétisation

dématérialisation

déméthylation

déminéralisation

démocratisation

démondialisation

démonétisation

démoralisation

démultiplication

démyélinisation

démystification

dénationalisation

départementalisation

dépénalisation

dépolitisation

dépolymérisation

dépressurisation

déprogrammation

déréglementation

désacétylation

désacralisation

désafférentation

désagrégation

désaimantation

désaisonnalisation

désalinisation

désambiguïsation

désarticulation

désensibilisation

désertification

déshumanisation

déshydratation

déshydrogénation

désindustrialisation

désinformation

désinstallation

désintégration

désintoxication

désodorisation

désolidarisation

désorganisation

désorientation

déstabilisation

déstalinisation

détérioration

Suffix

-ation

Alternative form of -acioun

Alternative forms

-acion

Etymology

From Old French -ation.

Suffix

-ation

-ation

Descendants

French: -ation

Alternative forms

-acion, -aciun, -atiun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ātiō, -ātiōnem.

Suffix

-ation

-ation

Descendants

Middle French: -ation
- French: -ation
→ Middle English: -acioun, -acion, -acyon, -acyoun, -acyun, -ation
- English: -ation

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English -ation.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j).ʃõ/ [ˈe(ɪ̯).ʃõ]

Suffix

-ation

(humorous) used instead of -ação to give the word an air of formality
‎enrolar (“to beat around the bush”) + ‎-ation → ‎enrolation (“beating around the bush”)

‎faturar (“to profit”) + ‎-ation → ‎faturation (“profits”)

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