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-ificâtion English Alternative forms en -fication Etymology en :inh enm:-ificacioun<ety:bor<fro:-ification<ety:uder<la:-ficātiō<ety:af<la:-ficō><la:-tiō>>>>>> From en enm -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), from en fro -ification, in turn from en la -ficātiō, a noun ending which appears on action nouns formed using the suffix la -tiō (English en -tion) from verbs ending in la -ficō (English en -ify). Compare en -faction. Pronunciation en /ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ification.wav Southern England en eɪʃən 4 en i fi ca tion Suffix ~ Forms nouns denoting the act or process whereby a subject becomes something else. Usage notes This suffix occurs in words of French or Latin origin, but is also productive in English. When applying the suffix en -ation to a verb ending in en -ify, -ification is used instead of the expected *-ifiation. Compare en -ability. Derived terms en Related terms en -ific en -ificate en -ifier en -ify en -ication en other terms ending in -ification acetification acidification amplification beatification beautification BibTeXification bourgeoisification calcification certification clarification classification codification complexification debathification decalcification declassification deification demystification denazification denitrification desertification despecification detoxification disqualification diversification dowdification edification electrification emulsification exemplification extensification falsification floccinaucinihilipilification fortification Frenchification fructification gentrification glorification gratification humidification identification indemnification intensification jollification justification magnification modification mortification mummification mystification nitrification notification nullification obscurification ossification pacification personification petrification purification qualification quantification ramification rancidification ratification rectification reunification rigidification sanctification saponification scarification scorification signification silicification simplification solidification specification stratification studentification syllabification transmogrification typification unification verbification verification versification vilification vinification vitrification vivification Translations process of becoming Afrikaans: af -ifikasie, af -fikasie, af -ifisering, af -fisering Albanian: sq -ifikim m, sq -fikim m Asturian: ast -ificación f, ast -ficación f Basque: eu -ifikazio, eu -fikazio Belarusian: be -ыфіка́цыя f, be -фіка́цыя f Bulgarian: bg -ифика́ция f, bg -фика́ция f Catalan: ca -ificació f, ca -ficació f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 化 -化 faa3 Hakka: hak 化 -化 fa Hokkien: nan-hbl 化 -化 hoà Mandarin: cmn 化 -化 -huà Czech: cs -ifikace f, cs -fikace f Danish: da -ifikation c, da -fikation c, da -ificering c, da -ficering c Dutch: nl -ificatie f, nl -ficatie f, nl -ifisering f, nl -fisering f Finnish: fi -ifikaatio, fi -fikaatio, fi -ifiointi, fi -fiointi French: fr -ification f, fr -fication f Galician: gl -ificación f, gl -ficación f Georgian: ka -იფიკაცია, ka -ფიკაცია German: de -ifikation f, de -fikation f, de -ifizierung f, de -fizierung f Greek: el -ποίηση Hebrew: he ־יפִיקַצְיָה f -ifikátsya, he ־פִיקַצְיָה f -fikátsya Hindi: hi -करण m, hi -भवन m Hungarian: hu -ifikáció, hu -fikáció Indonesian: id -ifikasi, id -fikasi Italian: it -ificazione f, it -ficazione f Japanese: ja 化 -化 -か, -ka Korean: ko -화(化) Latvian: lv -ifikācija f, lv -ifikācija f Lithuanian: lt -ifikacija f, lt -ifikacija f Macedonian: mk -ификација f, mk -фикација f Norman: nrf -ificâtion f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -ifikasjon m, nb -fikasjon m, nb -ifisering f, nb -fisering f Nynorsk: nn -ifikasjon m, nn -fikasjon m, nn -ifisering f, nn -fisering f Occitan: oc -ificacion f Polish: pl -yfikacja f, pl -fikacja f Portuguese: pt -ificação f, pt -ficação f Romanian: ro -ificare f, ro -ficare f Russian: ru -ифика́ция f, ru -фика́ция f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh -ифика́ција f, sh -фика́ција f Latin: sh -ifikácija f, sh -fikácija f Slovak: sk -ifikácia f, sk -fikácia f Slovene: sl -ifikacija f, sl -fikacija f Spanish: es -ificación f, es -ficación f Swedish: sv -ifikation c, sv -fikation c, sv -ifiering c, sv -fiering c Tagalog: tl -ipikasyon tl -pikasyon Turkish: tr -ifikasyon, tr -fikasyon Ukrainian: uk -ифіка́ція f, uk -фіка́ція f Vietnamese: vi hoá ... hoá (vi 化 -化) Yiddish: yi ־יפֿיקאַציע, yi ־פֿיקאַציע, yi ־יפֿיצירונג, yi ־פֿיצירונג en noun-forming suffixes productive suffixes French Etymology fr ine-pro *dʰeh₁- fr fro -ification, in turn borrowed from fr la -ficātiō -ficātiōnem, a noun ending related to the supine ending la -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in la -ficō. Pronunciation Suffix f en -ification Derived terms fr authentification béatification bonification certification clarification classification codification décalcification déification démystification démythification désertification disqualification diversification édification électrification falsification fortification fructification gazéification gentrification glorification gratification humidification identification intensification justification lubrification mèmification modification mollification mortification mystification notification opacification ossification pacification panification personnification pétrification planification purification qualification quantification ramification ratification rectification réunification russification sanctification scarification signification simplification solidification spécification stratification tarification unification vérification versification vinification vitrification Related terms fr -ifier