-ation

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-ation

/ˈeɪ̯.ʃən/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈɛjʃən/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈæɪ̯.ʃən/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈe.ʃən/ Scotland
/ˈeː.ʃon/ India

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English -acioun, borrowed from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō. By surface analysis, -ate + -ion.

suffix -ations · ⠠⠝

countable, morpheme, uncountable An action or process. sediment + -ation → sedimentation
countable, morpheme, uncountable The result of an action or process. found + -ation → foundation
countable, morpheme, uncountable A state or quality. color + -ation → coloration

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suffix -ation (suffix)

Español	-ación, -ción
한국어	-화 -hwa
日本語	-化
中文	-化 -huà
Português	-ção
Français	-ation
Deutsch	-ation, -tion, -ierung
Italiano	-zione
Română	-are, -ire
Русский	-ение -enije, -а́ция -ácija
Tiếng Việt	... hoá
العربية	ـِيَّة -iyya

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@misc{ation_2026,
  title = {-ation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}