Dictionary

-tion en · X

Pronunciation

• /-tʃən/ after a preceding “s”
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-ʃən/

Etymology

From rebracketed Middle English -cioun, rebracketed borrowing of Old French -tion, -cion, borrowed from the stem of Latin -tiō. The Middle English -cioun became -tion in Modern English under the influence of the Middle French -tion and original Latin spellings. Always -ate or t-final/te-final base + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, idiomatic, morpheme, uncountable) 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, -ation is used.
   • scrimp + -tion → scrimption
   • ignore + -tion → ignortion

Forms

Descendants

-syen · -sen

Relateds

-ing · -ization · -ure · -al · -ation · -isation · -ion

Translations (91)

mt -zzjoni (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · mk -ција (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · az -siya (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · be -цыя (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · hy -ություն (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · km ការ (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · fi -minen (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · gl -ción (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · fy -sje (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · sv -ing (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · tl -siyon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · nl -tie (Romanic) (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · la -tiō (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · hi -शन (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · lad -syon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · bg -ция (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · crh -tsiya (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · th การ (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ur -شَن (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · tk -siýa (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ms peng--an (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ko -션 (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · kl -neq (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · da -tion (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · eu -zio (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · id -si (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · lb -tioun (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ltg -ceja (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ja -ション (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · cs -ce (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · rm -ziun (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · kk -ция (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · fo -sjón (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · et -tsioon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · de -ung (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · gl -ção (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · fi -tio (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · uk -ння (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · hy -ցիա (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · eo -ado (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · an -ción (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ms -sen (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · pl -cja (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · yi ־ונג (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · az -ţiya (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ms -syen (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · he ־ציה (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ab -циа (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · sv -tion (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · fr -tion (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · uk -ція (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ang -ing (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ro -ciune (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · tl -asyon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · az -ləşmə (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · gag -ţiya (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ht -syon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ca -ció (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · de -tion (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · tg -тсия (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · sl -cija (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · gl -çom (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · no -sjon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · lt -cija (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · tr -siyon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ms -si (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · az -mə (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ms per--an (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · hu -ció (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · sh -cija (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · es -xión (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · rm -schun (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · yi ־ציע (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · tr -syon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ro -ție (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · oc -cion (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · tl -syon (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · rup -tsie (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · af -sie (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · lv -cija (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · th ความ (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · cnh -nak -cio (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · it -zione (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ky -ция (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ka -ცია (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ru -ция (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · uz -tsiya (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · sk -cia (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · nl -ing (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · sh -ција (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) · ja -化 (producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb)