-tion

See also: tion

English

Alternative forms

• -ion (as in complexion)
• -ation
• -sion
• -ition (as in definition)
• ⠰⠝

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ʃən/, (after a preceding “s”) /-tʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Suffix

-tion (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -tions)

1. (no longer 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, -ation is used.

   ‎ignore + ‎-tion → ‎ignortion

   ‎scrimp + ‎-tion → ‎scrimption

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -tion

abduction

abolition

absorption

adduction

adjudication

adnomination

attention

circumduction

conception

contention

convention

deduction

departiculation

description

detention

ignortion

induction

intervention

introduction

-ition

junction

ogganition

porrection

prescription

production

reception

reduction

rumption

seduction

solution

spoliation

subduction

transduction

vernation

Related terms

• -ion
• -ation
• -isation/-ization

Descendants

• → Malay: -syen, -sen

Translations

producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb

• Abkhaz: -циа (-cja)
• Afrikaans: -sie
• Aragonese: -ción f
• Armenian: -ություն (-utʻyun), -ցիա (-cʻia)
• Aromanian: -tsie f
• Azerbaijani: -siya, -ţiya (South Azerbaijani), -mə, -ləşmə
• Basque: -zio (eu)
• Belarusian: -цыя (-cyja)
• Bulgarian: -ция (-cija)
• Catalan: -ció (ca) f (always forms a feminine noun)
• Crimean Tatar: -tsiya
• Czech: -ce
• Danish: -tion c
• Dutch: -ing (nl) (Germanic), -tie (nl) (Romanic)
• Esperanto: -ado (eo)
• Estonian: -tsioon
• Faroese: -sjón f
• Finnish: -minen (fi), -tio
• French: -tion (fr)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: -sje

• Gagauz: -ţiya
• Galician: -ción (gl) f, -ção, -çom (reintegrationist)
• Georgian: -ცია (-cia)
• German: -ung (de) f (Germanic), -tion (de) f (Latin; Romanic)
• Greenlandic: -neq
• Haitian Creole: -syon
• Hebrew: ־ציה f (tsya)
• Hindi: -शन (-śan) (used for borrowed words, like in "स्टेशन", etc.)
• Hungarian: -ció (hu)
• Indonesian: -si
• Italian: -zione (unless previous letter was "s", when "z" becomes "t", like in "digestione", "questione", etc.)
• Japanese: -化 (-か, -ka), -ション (-shon) (used for certain borrowed words, like in "コミュニケーション", etc.)
• Kazakh: -ция (-siä)
• Khmer: ការ (km) (kaa)
• Korean: -션 (-syeon) (used for borrowed words, like in "커뮤니케이션", etc.)
• Kyrgyz: -ция (-tsiya)
• Ladino: -syon
• Lai: -nak -cio
• Latgalian: -ceja
• Latin: -tiō f
• Latvian: -cija
• Lithuanian: -cija f
• Luxembourgish: -tioun f
• Macedonian: -ција (-cija)
• Malay: -si, -syen, -sen, peng--an, per--an
• Maltese: -zzjoni f
• Norwegian: -sjon (no) m
• Occitan: -cion f
• Old English: -ing f
• Polish: -cja f
• Portuguese: -ção (pt) (unless previous letter was "s", when "ç" becomes "t", like in "digestão", "questão", etc.)
• Romanian: -ție, -țiune (unless previous letter was "s", when "ț" becomes "t", like in "digestie", "chestiune", etc.), -ciune
• Romansch: -ziun m, -schun m
• Russian: -ция (-cija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: -ција

  Latin: -cija

• Slovak: -cia f
• Slovene: -cija
• Spanish: -ción (es) (unless previous letter was "s", when "c" becomes "t", like in "digestión", "cuestión", etc.); -xión (for few specific cases)
• Swedish: -tion (sv) c, -ing (sv) c
• Tagalog: -siyon (used for borrowed words, like in "edukasiyon", etc.), -syon, -asyon
• Tajik: -тсия (-tsiya)
• Thai: การ (th) (gaan), ความ (th) (kwaam)
• Turkish: -syon, -siyon
• Turkmen: -siýa
• Ukrainian: -ння (-nnja), -ція (-cija)
• Urdu: -شَن (-śan) (used for borrowed words, like in "اسٹیشن", etc.)
• Uzbek: -tsiya
• Yiddish: ־ונג (yi) f (-ung), ־ציע f (-tsye)

See also

• -al
• -ing
• -ure

Further reading

• “-tion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “-ion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “-tion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• -toin, INTO, Toni, into, noit, oint, on it

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from French -tion, from the stem of Latin -tiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ˈɕoˀːn]

Suffix

-tion

1. used to form nouns that denote an action or a process.
2. The result of the aforementioned.

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -tion

CO2-kompensation

desperation

ekskursion

emigration

fascination

immigration

indikation

installation

introduktion

isolation

konfiskation

konspiration

multiplikation

ovulation

sterilisation

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɔ̃/
• IPA^(key): /tjɔ̃/ (if previous letter is "s", as in "digestion", "question", "combustion", etc.)
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Suffix

-tion f (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -tions)

1. alternative form of -ation: Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -tion

Descendants

• → Norwegian: -sjon
• → Ottoman Turkish: ـسیون (-syon, -siyon)
  • Turkish: -syon, -siyon

German

Alternative forms

• -ation (different (surface) analysis)

Etymology

From Latin -tiō.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈtsi̯oːn/, [-ˈt͡sjoːn], [-t͡siˈoːn]
• The pronunciation with a syllabic [i] is virtually obsolete, thus one may simply transcribe /-ˈtsjoːn/.

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Suffix

-tion f (genitive -tion, plural -tionen)

1. -tion

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -tion

Abalienation

Abbreviation

Ablaktation

Darmresektion

Defenestration

Defibrillation

Evolution

Exekution

Intention

Introspektion

Inventarisation

Investition

Klassifikation

Konstitution

Missklassifikation

Nidation

Reposition

Resektion

Situation

Spekulation

Subsumption

Related terms

• -ion
• Aktion
• Kommunikation

Further reading

• “-ation” in Duden online, “-ion” in Duden online, “-ation/-ierung” in Duden online (doesn't have -tion, -ition)
• “-ation” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (doesn't have -tion, -ion, -ition)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈɧuːn/
• Homophone: -sion

Suffix

-tion c

1. -tion; making nouns. See also -else, -ing and -ning.

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -tion

abdikation

acceleration

CO2-kompensation

dokumentation

fortifikation

inspektion

integration

interaktion

introduktion

kompensation

koncentration

konspiration

konstitution

konsumtion

legitimation

ockupation

oscillation

perfektion

produktion

publikation

redaktion

reklamation

rekommendation

reparation

subtraktion