"-ation" meaning in Portuguese

See -ation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈej.ʃõ/ [Brazil], [ˈeɪ̯.ʃõ] [Brazil] Forms: -ations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ationubor. Portuguese -ation Unadapted borrowing from English -ation. Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|:ubor|en:-ation|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ationubor. Portuguese -ation [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-acioun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" }" data-lang="pt" data-title="-ation"> Unadapted borrowing from English -ation. Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|~,#s}} -ation f (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ations)
  1. (Brazil, humorous) used instead of -ção to form nonce words to project a sense of anglicization or formality Tags: Brazil, countable, feminine, humorous, morpheme, uncountable

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -ation meaning in Portuguese (5.1kB)

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