Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

-ation

-a′tion

.
[L.
-ation
em. See
-tion
.]
A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate;
as, alliter
ate
-
ation
, narr
ate
-
ation
; many are derived through the French;
as, alter
ation
, visit
ation
; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise);
as, civiliz
ation
, demoraliz
ation
.

Definition 2024

-ation

-ation

See also: -âtion

English

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ation

  1. An action or process - e.g. hibernation.
  2. The result of an action or process - e.g. accumulation.
  3. A state or quality - e.g. exhilaration.

Related terms

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-ation'>English words suffixed with -ation</a>

Translations

-ation (suffix)
  • Korean: -화 (ko) ‎(-hwa) (-化 (ko))
  • Macedonian: -ација f ‎(-ácija)
  • Malay: -asi
  • Occitan: -acion f
  • Persian ‍ی
  • Polish: -acja
  • Portuguese: -ação 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
  • Swedish: -ation
  • Ukrainian: -ація f ‎(-ácija)
  • Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi)

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French -ation, a borrowing from Latin -ātiō, -ātiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet -aison.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.sjɔ̃/

Suffix

-ation

  1. -ation

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-ation'>French words suffixed with -ation</a>

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French -ation.

Suffix

-ation

  1. -ation

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin -ātiō, -ātiōnem.

Suffix

-ation

  1. -ation

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English -ation.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈej.ʃõ/

Suffix

-ation

  1. (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”)

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (whence -tion).

Similar Results