"-tion" meaning in English

See -tion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ʃən/, /-tʃən/
Etymology: From Middle English -cioun, borrowing from 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-cioun}} Middle English -cioun, {{der|en|fro|-tion}} Old French -tion, {{m|fro|-cion}} -cion, {{der|en|la|-tiō}} Latin -tiō, {{inh|en|enm||-cioun}} Middle English -cioun, {{m|en||-tion}} -tion, {{cog|frm|-tion}} Middle French -tion Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -tion, {{en-suffix}} -tion
  1. (non-productive) 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. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ion (english: as in complexion), -sion, -ition (english: as in definition), ⠰⠝ Related terms: -ion, -ation, -isation, -ization, -al, -ing, -ure Translations (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb): -ություն (-utʿyun) (Armenian), -siya (Azerbaijani), -ţiya [South-Azerbaijani] (Azerbaijani), -mə (Azerbaijani), -ləşmə (Azerbaijani), -ció (note: always forms a feminine noun) [feminine] (Catalan), -ce (Czech), -tion [common-gender] (Danish), -ing [Germanic] (Dutch), -tie (Romanic) (Dutch), -ado (Esperanto), -sjón [feminine] (Faroese), -minen (Finnish), -tio (Finnish), -tion (French), -ţiya (Gagauz), -ción [feminine] (Galician), -ção (Galician), -çom (english: reintegrationist) (Galician), -ung [Germanic, feminine] (German), -tion (english: Latin; Romanic) [feminine] (German), -ציה (tsya) [feminine] (Hebrew), -ció (Hungarian), -zione (note: unless previous letter was "s", when "t" remains as is, like in "digestione", "questione") [usually] (Italian), -化 (-ka) (alt: -か) (Japanese), -ция (-siä) (Kazakh), ការ (kaa) (Khmer), -ция (-tsiya) (Kyrgyz), -syon (Ladino), -tiō [feminine] (Latin), -cija [feminine] (Lithuanian), -si (Malay), -syen (Malay), -sen (Malay), peng--an (Malay), per--an (Malay), -sjon [masculine] (Norwegian), -cion [feminine] (Occitan), -cja [feminine] (Polish), -ție (Romanian), -țiune (note: unless previous letter was "s", when "t" remains as is, like in "digestie", "chestiune") [usually] (Romanian), -ciune (Romanian), -ziun [masculine] (Romansch), -schun [masculine] (Romansch), -ция (-cija) (Russian), -cia [feminine] (Slovak), -cija (Slovene), -xión (note: for few specific cases) (Spanish), -tion [common-gender] (Swedish), -ing [common-gender] (Swedish), -siyon (note: used for borrowed words, like in edukasiyon) [usually] (Tagalog), การ (gaan) (Thai), ความ (kwaam) (Thai), -syon (Turkish), -ння (-nnja) (Ukrainian), -ція (-cija) (Ukrainian), ־ונג (-ung) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "-化"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "-siä",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "ការ"
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          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
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          "code": "lad",
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          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "-syon"
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          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "-cija"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "-si"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "-sen"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "peng--an"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "per--an"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "-sjon"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "-cja"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "-ção (unless previous letter was \"s\", when \"t\" remains as is, like in \"digestão\", \"questão\")",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "-ție"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "unless previous letter was \"s\", when \"t\" remains as is, like in \"digestie\", \"chestiune\"",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
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          "word": "-țiune"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "word": "-ciune"
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          "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "-ziun"
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          "note": "-ción (unless previous letter was \"s\", when \"t\" remains as is, like in \"digestión\", \"cuestión\")",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "for few specific cases",
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          "word": "-xión"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-tion",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-ion"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ation"
    },
    {
      "word": "-isation"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ization"
    },
    {
      "word": "-al"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ing"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ure"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English suffixes",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English unproductive suffixes",
        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with raw sortkeys",
        "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ignore + -tion → ignortion",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "scrimp + -tion → scrimption",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gumption",
          "gumption#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ation",
          "-ation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "non-productive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(non-productive) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ʃən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-tʃən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "as in complexion",
      "word": "-ion"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sion"
    },
    {
      "english": "as in definition",
      "word": "-ition"
    },
    {
      "word": "⠰⠝"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "-utʿyun",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-siya"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "South-Azerbaijani"
      ],
      "word": "-ţiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-mə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ləşmə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "note": "always forms a feminine noun",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ce"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-tion"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "Germanic"
      ],
      "word": "-ing"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-tie (Romanic)"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-sjón"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-minen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-tio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-tion"
    },
    {
      "code": "gag",
      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ţiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ción"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ção"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "english": "reintegrationist",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-çom"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "Latin; Romanic",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-tion"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsya",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ציה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ció"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "unless previous letter was \"s\", when \"t\" remains as is, like in \"digestione\", \"questione\"",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "-zione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-か",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "-ka",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-化"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "-siä",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "ការ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "-tsiya",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-syon"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-tiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-cija"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-si"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-syen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-sen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "peng--an"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "per--an"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-sjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-cion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-cja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "-ção (unless previous letter was \"s\", when \"t\" remains as is, like in \"digestão\", \"questão\")",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "note": "unless previous letter was \"s\", when \"t\" remains as is, like in \"digestie\", \"chestiune\"",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "-țiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ciune"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ziun"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-schun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-cija",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-cia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-cija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "-ción (unless previous letter was \"s\", when \"t\" remains as is, like in \"digestión\", \"cuestión\")",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "for few specific cases",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-xión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-tion"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-ing"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "note": "used for borrowed words, like in edukasiyon",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "-siyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "การ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "ความ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-syon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-nnja",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-cija",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "word": "-ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "-ung",
      "sense": "producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "־ונג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-tion"
}

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