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-âtion English Alternative forms en ⠠⠝ Braille Etymology en :inh enm:-acioun 1 ++ en -ate -ion. Pronunciation ā′shən en /ˈeɪ̯.ʃən/ RP,GenAm,CanE en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101--ation.wav US en /ˈɛjʃən/ SSB en /ˈæɪ̯.ʃən/ AuE,NZE en /ˈe.ʃən/ ScE en /ˈeː.ʃon/ InE en eɪʃən 2 en -a tion Suffix ~ An action or process. en sediment sedimentation The result of an action or process. en found foundation A state or quality. en color coloration Derived terms en -ization/-isation en Related terms en -ification en -tion Descendants ms -esen -esyen Translations -ation (suffix) Afrikaans: af -asie, af -sie, af -ering Albanian: sq -im Arabic: ar ـِيَّة Armenian: hy -ում Asturian: ast -ación f, ast -ción f Azerbaijani: az -asiya Belarusian: be -а́цыя f Bulgarian: bg -а́ция f, bg -не n, bg -ние n Catalan: ca -ació f, ca -ció 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 -ace f Danish: da -ation c, da -tion c, da -ering c Dutch: nl -atie f, nl -tie f, nl -ering f Estonian: et -atsioon Finnish: fi -aatio French: fr -ation f, fr -ation f Middle French: frm -ation Old French: fro -ation, fro -acion Galician: gl -ación f, gl -ción f German: de -ation f, de -tion f, de -ierung f Hungarian: hu -áció Indonesian: id -sasi, id -asi, id -si Italian: it -zione f Japanese: ja 化 -化 -か, -ka Korean: ko -화(化) Latvian: lv -ācija f, lv -cija f Lithuanian: lt -acija f, lt -cija f Macedonian: mk -а́ција f Malay: ms -asi Norman: nrf -âtion f Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -asjon m, nb -sjon m, nb -ering f Nynorsk: nn -asjon m, nn -sjon m, nn -ering f Occitan: oc -acion f, oc -cion f Persian: fa ‍ی Polish: pl -acja f Portuguese: pt -ção f Romanian: ro -are, ro -ire Russian: ru -ение n, ru -а́ция f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh -ација f Latin: sh -acija f Slovak: sk -ácia f Slovene: sl -acija f Spanish: es -ación f, es -ción f Swedish: sv -ation, sv -tion c, sv -ring c Turkish: tr -asyon, tr -syon Ukrainian: uk -а́ція f Vietnamese: vi hoá ... hoá (vi 化 -化) Anagrams en ainot Aiton Naito Otani Taino Taíno Tiano Tonia anito en uncountable suffixes countable suffixes Alemannic German Etymology From gsw fr -ation, from gsw frm -ation, from gsw fro -ation, from gsw la -ātiō. Cognate with de -ation. Suffix gsw suffix f plural -atione en -ation nominalizer Derived terms gsw gsw noun-forming suffixes French Alternative forms fr -sion -tion -xion Etymology fr suffix :inh frm:-ation<id:suffix> 1 ++ In words inherited through Vulgar Latin, the same suffix yielded fr -aison 1. Pronunciation fr ɔ̃ 2 Suffix f Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; en -ation Derived terms fr Descendants gsw -ation 1 de -ation 1 German Etymology From de fr -ation, from de frm -ation, from de fro -ation, from de la -ātiō. Suffix f en -ation Declension f Derived terms de Further reading Middle English Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -acioun Middle French Alternative forms frm -acion Etymology frm suffix :inh fro:-ation<id:suffix> 1 ++ Suffix frm suffix en -ation Descendants fr -ation Old French Alternative forms fro -acion -aciun -atiun Etymology fro suffix :lbor la:-ātiō 1 fro la -ātiō. Suffix fro suffix en -ation Descendants frm -ation nrf -âtion enm -acioun 1 Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:-ation + 1 Pronunciation -êyshom Suffix f ~,#s pt Brazil humorous used instead of pt -ção to form nonce words to project a sense of anglicization or formality pt embromar<t:to beat around the bush> :embromation<t:beating around the bush> pt faturar<t:to profit> <alt:faturation><t:profits> Derived terms pt