-ation

• ⠠⠝ (Braille)

Inherited from Middle English -acioun / -acion, derived from Old French -acion / -ation, derived from Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (whence -tion). By surface analysis, -ate +‎ -ion.

• enPR: ā′shən
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯.ʃən/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈæɪ̯.ʃən/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʃən/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ʃon/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: -a‧tion

-ation (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ations)

1. An action or process.

   ‎sediment + ‎-ation → ‎sedimentation

2. The result of an action or process.

   ‎found + ‎-ation → ‎foundation

3. A state or quality.

   ‎color + ‎-ation → ‎coloration

• -ization/-isation

• -ification
• -tion

• Aiton, Naito, Otani, Taino, Taíno, Tiano, Tonia, anito

• -sion, -tion, -xion

Inherited from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tjō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis. In words inherited through Vulgar Latin, the same suffix yielded -aison.

• IPA^(key): /a.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

-ation f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ations)

1. Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation

-ation

1. alternative form of -acioun

• -acion

Inherited from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tjō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis.

-ation

1. -ation

• French: -ation

• -acion, -aciun, -atiun

Learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tjō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis.

-ation

1. -ation

• Middle French: -ation
  • French: -ation
• → Middle English: -acioun, -acion, -acyon, -acyoun, -acyun, -ation
  • English: -ation

Unadapted borrowing from English -ation.

-ation f (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

1. (humorous) used instead of -ção to give the word an air of formality or anglicization

   ‎enrolar (“to beat around the bush”) + ‎-ation → ‎enrolation (“beating around the bush”)

   ‎faturar (“to profit”) + ‎-ation → ‎faturation (“profits”)