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tion tìơn English en Alternative forms en -ion (as in en complexion) en -ation en -sion en -ition (as in en definition) en ⠰⠝ Etymology From rebracketed en enm -cioun, rebracketed borrowing of en fro -tion, fro -cion, borrowed from the stem of en la -tiō. The en enm -cioun became en -tion in Modern English under the influence of the frm -tion and original Latin spellings. Always en -ate or t-final/te-final base + en -ion. Pronunciation en /-ʃən/ after a preceding “s” /-tʃən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--tion.wav Southern England Suffix ~ s en non-productive Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, en -ation is used. en ignore ignortion en scrimp scrimption Derived terms en Related terms en -ion en -ation en -isation/-ization Descendants ms -syen -sen 1 proscribed Translations producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb Abkhaz: ab -циа Afrikaans: af -sie Aragonese: an -ción f Armenian: hy -ություն, hy -ցիա Aromanian: rup -tsie f Azerbaijani: az -siya, az -ţiya South Azerbaijani, az -mə, az -ləşmə Basque: eu -zio Belarusian: be -цыя Bulgarian: bg -ция Catalan: ca -ció f (always forms a feminine noun) Crimean Tatar: crh -tsiya Czech: cs -ce Danish: da -tion c Dutch: nl -ing Germanic, nl -tie Romanic Esperanto: eo -ado Estonian: et -tsioon Faroese: fo -sjón f Finnish: fi -minen, fi -tio French: fr -tion Frisian: West Frisian: fy -sje Gagauz: gag -ţiya Galician: gl -ción f, gl -ção, gl -çom reintegrationist Georgian: ka -ცია German: de -ung f Germanic, de -tion f Latin; Romanic Greenlandic: kl -neq Haitian Creole: ht -syon Hebrew: he -ציה f tsya Hindi: hi -शन used for borrowed words, like in "स्टेशन", etc. Hungarian: hu -ció Indonesian: id -si Italian: it -zione unless previous letter was "s", when "z" becomes "t", like in "digestione", "questione", etc. Japanese: ja -化 -か, -ka, ja -ション -shon used for certain borrowed words, like in "コミュニケーション", etc. Kazakh: kk -ция Khmer: km ការ Korean: ko -션 used for borrowed words, like in "커뮤니케이션", etc. Kyrgyz: ky -ция Ladino: lad -syon Lai: cnh -nak cnh -cio Latgalian: ltg -ceja Latin: la -tiō f Latvian: lv -cija Lithuanian: lt -cija f Luxembourgish: lb -tioun f Macedonian: mk -ција Malay: ms -si, ms -syen, ms -sen, ms peng--an, ms per--an Maltese: mt -zzjoni f Norwegian: no -sjon m Occitan: oc -cion f Old English: ang -ing f Polish: pl -cja f Portuguese: pt -ção unless previous letter was "s", when "ç" becomes "t", like in "digestão", "questão", etc. Romanian: ro -ție, ro -țiune unless previous letter was "s", when "ț" becomes "t", like in "digestie", "chestiune", etc., ro -ciune Romansh: rm -ziun m, rm -schun m Russian: ru -ция Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh -ција Latin: sh -cija Slovak: sk -cia f Slovene: sl -cija Spanish: es -ción unless previous letter was "s", when "c" becomes "t", like in "digestión", "cuestión", etc.; es -xión (for few specific cases) Swedish: sv -tion c, sv -ing c Tagalog: tl -siyon used for borrowed words, like in "edukasiyon", etc., tl -syon, tl -asyon Tajik: tg -тсия Thai: th การ, th ความ Turkish: tr -syon, tr -siyon Turkmen: tk -siýa Ukrainian: uk -ння, uk -ція Urdu: ur -شَن used for borrowed words, like in "اسٹیشن", etc. Uzbek: uz -tsiya Yiddish: yi ־ונג f, yi -ציע f See also en -al en -ing en -ure Further reading -ion -tion Anagrams en inot -toin INTO Toni into noit oint on it en unproductive suffixes Alemannic German Etymology gsw :der la:-tiō Ultimately from gsw la -tiō. Cognate with de -tion. Suffix gsw suffix f plural -tione en -tion nominalizer Derived terms gsw gsw noun-forming suffixes Danish Alternative forms da -sion (as in da eksplosion) da -ssion Etymology From da fr -tion, from the stem of da la -tiō. Pronunciation da [-ˈɕoˀːn] Suffix da suffix used to form nouns that denote an action or a process. The result of the aforementioned. Declension en er Derived terms da References French fr :der -ation Pronunciation sion (if previous letter is "s", as in "fr digestion", "fr question", "fr combustion", etc.) fr ɔ̃ 1 Suffix f ~ fr -ation: Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; en -tion Descendants no - 1 nb -sjon ota ـسیون -syon, -siyon 1 tr -syon -siyon German Alternative forms de -ation different (surface) analysis Etymology de :der la:-tiō From de la -tiō. de Pronunciation de /-ˈtsi̯oːn/ [-ˈt͡sjoːn] [-t͡siˈoːn] The pronunciation with a syllabic [i] is virtually obsolete, thus one may simply transcribe /-ˈtsjoːn/. de LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--tion.wav de De--tion.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Suffix de suffix noun-forming suffixes f genitive -tion plural -tionen en -tion Derived terms de Related terms de -ion de Aktion de Kommunikation Further reading _ation -ation, _ion -ion, _ation__ierung -ation/-ierung (doesn't have -tion, -ition) -ation (doesn't have -tion, -ion, -ition) Swedish Pronunciation sv /-ˈɧuːn/ sv -sion Suffix sv suffix c en -tion; making nouns. See also sv -else, sv -ing and sv -ning. Derived terms sv