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Webster 1913 Edition
-ion
-ion
(?; 106)
. [L.
-io
, acc. -ionem
: cf. F. -ion
.] A noun suffix denoting
act
, process
, result of an act or a process
, thing acted upon
, state
, or condition
; as, revolut
ion
, the act or process of revolving; construction
, the act or process of constructing; a thing constructed; dominion
, territory ruled over; subjection
, state of being subject; dejection
; abstraction
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-ion
-ion
English
Suffix
-ion
- (non-productive) an action or process, or the result of an action or process
- (non-productive) a state or condition
Derived terms
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Related terms
German
Suffix
-ion f (genitive -ion, plural -ionen)
Derived terms
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Volapük
Suffix
-ion
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Welsh
Etymology
Cognate to Cornish -yon, Breton -ien.
Suffix
-ion
- Noun pluralization suffix; causes vocalic ablaut in the pluralized noun
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Welsh_words_suffixed_with_-ion'>Welsh words suffixed with -ion</a>