Standard Lemma guide

-ification

suffix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

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suffix

Meaning 1

Forms nouns denoting the act or process whereby a subject becomes something else.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, morpheme, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), from Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -ficātiō, a noun ending which appears on action nouns formed using the suffix -tiō (English -tion) from verbs ending in -ficō (English -ify). Compare -faction.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: -ifikasie — process of becoming
  • Afrikaans: -fikasie — process of becoming
  • Afrikaans: -ifisering — process of becoming
  • Afrikaans: -fisering — process of becoming
  • Albanian: -ifikim — process of becoming
  • Albanian: -fikim — process of becoming
  • Asturian: -ificación — process of becoming
  • Asturian: -ficación — process of becoming
  • Basque: -ifikazio — process of becoming
  • Basque: -fikazio — process of becoming
  • Belarusian: -ыфіка́цыя (-yfikácyja) — process of becoming
  • Belarusian: -фіка́цыя (-fikácyja) — process of becoming
  • Bulgarian: -ифика́ция (-ifikácija) — process of becoming
  • Bulgarian: -фика́ция (-fikácija) — process of becoming
  • Catalan: -ificació — process of becoming
  • Catalan: -ficació — process of becoming
  • Chinese Cantonese: -化 (faa3) — process of becoming
  • Hakka Chinese: -化 (fa) — process of becoming
  • Chinese: -化 (hoà) — process of becoming
  • Chinese Mandarin: -化 (-huà) — process of becoming
  • Czech: -ifikace — process of becoming
  • Czech: -fikace — process of becoming
  • Danish: -ifikation — process of becoming
  • Danish: -fikation — process of becoming
  • Danish: -ificering — process of becoming
  • Danish: -ficering — process of becoming
  • Dutch: -ificatie — process of becoming
  • Dutch: -ficatie — process of becoming
  • Dutch: -ifisering — process of becoming
  • Dutch: -fisering — process of becoming
  • Finnish: -ifikaatio — process of becoming
  • Finnish: -fikaatio — process of becoming
  • Finnish: -ifiointi — process of becoming
  • Finnish: -fiointi — process of becoming
  • French: -ification — process of becoming
  • French: -fication — process of becoming
  • Galician: -ificación — process of becoming
  • Galician: -ficación — process of becoming
  • Georgian: -იფიკაცია (-ipiḳacia) — process of becoming
  • Georgian: -ფიკაცია (-piḳacia) — process of becoming
  • German: -ifikation — process of becoming
  • German: -fikation — process of becoming
  • German: -ifizierung — process of becoming
  • German: -fizierung — process of becoming
  • Greek: -ποίηση (-poíisi) — process of becoming
  • Hebrew: ־יפִיקַצְיָה (-ifikátsya) — process of becoming
  • Hebrew: ־פִיקַצְיָה (-fikátsya) — process of becoming
  • Hungarian: -ifikáció — process of becoming
  • Hungarian: -fikáció — process of becoming
  • Indonesian: -ifikasi — process of becoming
  • Indonesian: -fikasi — process of becoming
  • Italian: -ificazione — process of becoming
  • Italian: -ficazione — process of becoming
  • Japanese: -化 (-ka) — process of becoming
  • Korean: -화 (-hwa) — process of becoming
  • Latvian: -ifikācija — process of becoming
  • Lithuanian: -ifikacija — process of becoming
  • Macedonian: -ификација (-ifikacija) — process of becoming
  • Macedonian: -фикација (-fikacija) — process of becoming
  • Norman: -ificâtion — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: -ifikasjon — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: -fikasjon — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: -ifisering — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Bokmål: -fisering — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -ifikasjon — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -fikasjon — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -ifisering — process of becoming
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -fisering — process of becoming
  • Occitan: -ificacion — process of becoming
  • Polish: -yfikacja — process of becoming
  • Polish: -fikacja — process of becoming
  • Portuguese: -ificação — process of becoming
  • Portuguese: -ficação — process of becoming
  • Romanian: -ificare — process of becoming
  • Romanian: -ficare — process of becoming
  • Russian: -ифика́ция (-ifikácija) — process of becoming
  • Russian: -фика́ция (-fikácija) — process of becoming
  • Serbo-Croatian: -ифика́ција — process of becoming
  • Serbo-Croatian: -фика́ција — process of becoming
  • Serbo-Croatian: -ifikácija — process of becoming
  • Serbo-Croatian: -fikácija — process of becoming
  • Slovak: -ifikácia — process of becoming
  • Slovak: -fikácia — process of becoming
  • Slovene: -ifikacija — process of becoming
  • Slovene: -fikacija — process of becoming
  • Spanish: -ificación — process of becoming
  • Spanish: -ficación — process of becoming
  • Swedish: -ifikation — process of becoming
  • Swedish: -fikation — process of becoming
  • Swedish: -ifiering — process of becoming
  • Swedish: -fiering — process of becoming
  • Tagalog: -ipikasyon -pikasyon — process of becoming
  • Turkish: -ifikasyon — process of becoming
  • Turkish: -fikasyon — process of becoming
  • Ukrainian: -ифіка́ція (-yfikácija) — process of becoming
  • Ukrainian: -фіка́ція (-fikácija) — process of becoming
  • Vietnamese: ... hoá — process of becoming
  • Yiddish: ־יפֿיקאַציע (-ifikatsye) — process of becoming
  • Yiddish: ־פֿיקאַציע (-fikatsye) — process of becoming
  • Yiddish: ־יפֿיצירונג (-ifitsirung) — process of becoming
  • Yiddish: ־פֿיצירונג (-fitsirung) — process of becoming