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-zione
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Italian
Alternative forms
it -tione
it -sione from la -siō instead of la -tiō
Etymology
it suffix :lbor la:-tiō<alt:-tiōnem>
it la -tiō<alt:-tiōnem>, as a learned form.
The original inherited form of the suffix, it -zone -zzone 1 or in some cases it -gione 1, is today less common but found in words such as it ragione, it stagione, it cagione, it canzone, it punzone, it acquazzone, it tizzone, etc.
Pronunciation
Suffix
it suffix
used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs; -ation; -tion
it punire to punish punizione punizione punishment
it creare to create creazione creazione creation
it fingere to pretend, feign finzione finzione pretext
Derived terms
it