"-tion" meaning in French

See -tion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /sjɔ̃/, /tjɔ̃/ Forms: -tions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔ̃ Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|~}} -tion f (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -tions)
  1. alternative form of -ation: Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -tion Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, feminine, morpheme, uncountable Alternative form of: -ation (extra: Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -tion)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-sjon"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "word": "-syon"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "word": "-siyon"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "-syon, -siyon",
      "word": "ـسیون"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "-tions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f",
        "2": "~"
      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
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          "word": "-ation"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "French entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
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      ],
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          "-ation",
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          "-tion",
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        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
        "uncountable"
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      "ipa": "/sjɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tjɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-tion"
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    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-sjon"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "word": "-syon"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "word": "-siyon"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "-syon, -siyon",
      "word": "ـسیون"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-tions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "f",
        "2": "~"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        {
          "extra": "Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -tion",
          "word": "-ation"
        }
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        "French countable suffixes",
        "French entries with etymon",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine suffixes",
        "French lemmas",
        "French noun-forming suffixes",
        "French suffixes",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French uncountable suffixes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Rhymes:French/ɔ̃",
        "Rhymes:French/ɔ̃/1 syllable"
      ],
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      ],
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          "-tion",
          "-tion#English"
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        "alternative",
        "countable",
        "feminine",
        "morpheme",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sjɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tjɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-tion"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -tion meaning in French (1.8kB)

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}

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