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Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, -ation is used.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic, morpheme, uncountable
Examples
- ignore + -tion → ignortion
- scrimp + -tion → scrimption
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From rebracketed Middle English -cioun, rebracketed borrowing of Old French -tion, -cion, borrowed from the stem of Latin -tiō. The Middle English -cioun became -tion in Modern English under the influence of the Middle French -tion and original Latin spellings. Always -ate or t-final/te-final base + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Abkhaz:
-циа
(-cja)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Afrikaans:
-sie
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Aragonese:
-ción
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Armenian:
-ություն
(-utʻyun)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Armenian:
-ցիա
(-cʻia)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Aromanian:
-tsie
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Azerbaijani:
-siya
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Azerbaijani:
-ţiya
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Azerbaijani:
-mə
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Azerbaijani:
-ləşmə
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Basque:
-zio
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Belarusian:
-цыя
(-cyja)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Bulgarian:
-ция
(-cija)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Catalan:
-ció
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Crimean Tatar:
-tsiya
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Czech:
-ce
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Danish:
-tion
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Dutch:
-ing
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Dutch:
-tie (Romanic)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Esperanto:
-ado
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Estonian:
-tsioon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Faroese:
-sjón
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Finnish:
-minen
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Finnish:
-tio
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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French:
-tion
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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West-Frisian:
-sje
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Gagauz:
-ţiya
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Galician:
-ción
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Galician:
-ção
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Galician:
-çom
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Georgian:
-ცია
(-cia)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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German:
-ung
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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German:
-tion
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Greenlandic:
-neq
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Haitian Creole:
-syon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Hebrew:
־ציה
(tsya)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Hindi:
-शन
(-śan)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Hungarian:
-ció
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Indonesian:
-si
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Italian:
-zione
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Japanese:
-化
(-ka)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Japanese:
-ション
(-shon)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Kazakh:
-ция
(-siä)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Khmer:
ការ
(kaa)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Korean:
-션
(-syeon)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Kyrgyz:
-ция
(-tsiya)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Ladino:
-syon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Lai:
-nak -cio
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Latgalian:
-ceja
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Latin:
-tiō
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Latvian:
-cija
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Lithuanian:
-cija
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Luxembourgish:
-tioun
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Macedonian:
-ција
(-cija)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Malay:
-si
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Malay:
-syen
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Malay:
-sen
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Malay:
peng--an
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Malay:
per--an
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Maltese:
-zzjoni
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Norwegian:
-sjon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Occitan:
-cion
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Old English:
-ing
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Polish:
-cja
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Romanian:
-ție
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Romanian:
-ciune
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Romansh:
-ziun
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Romansh:
-schun
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Russian:
-ция
(-cija)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
-ција
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
-cija
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Slovak:
-cia
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Slovene:
-cija
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Spanish:
-xión
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Swedish:
-tion
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Swedish:
-ing
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Tagalog:
-siyon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Tagalog:
-syon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Tagalog:
-asyon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Tajik:
-тсия
(-tsiya)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Thai:
การ
(gaan)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Thai:
ความ
(kwaam)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Turkish:
-syon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Turkish:
-siyon
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Turkmen:
-siýa
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Ukrainian:
-ння
(-nnja)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Ukrainian:
-ція
(-cija)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Urdu:
-شَن
(-śan)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Uzbek:
-tsiya
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Yiddish:
־ונג
(-ung)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
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Yiddish:
־ציע
(-tsye)
— producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb
