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-ation

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See also: -âtion

English

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    Inherited from Middle English -acioun, borrowed from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō. By surface analysis, -ate +‎ -ion.

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    -ation (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ations)

    1. An action or process.
      sediment + ‎-ation → ‎sedimentation
    2. The result of an action or process.
      found + ‎-ation → ‎foundation
    3. A state or quality.
      color + ‎-ation → ‎coloration

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    Alemannic German

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    From French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō. Cognate with German -ation.

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    -ation f (plural -atione)

    1. -ation (nominalizer)

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    French

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      Inherited from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō. In words inherited through Vulgar Latin, the same suffix yielded -aison.

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      -ation f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ations)

      1. Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation

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      German

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      From French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō.

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      -ation f (genitive -ation, plural -ationen)

      1. -ation

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      Further reading

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      • -ation”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
      • -ation” in Duden online

      Middle English

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      -ation

      1. alternative form of -acioun

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        Inherited from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō.

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        -ation

        1. -ation

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        • French: -ation

        Old French

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          Learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō.

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          -ation

          1. -ation

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          Portuguese

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          Unadapted borrowing from English -ation.

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          -ation f (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

          1. (humorous) used instead of -ção to give the word an air of formality or anglicization
            enrolar (to beat around the bush) + ‎-ation → ‎enrolation (beating around the bush)
            faturar (to profit) + ‎-ation → ‎faturation (profits)

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