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Meaning of -tion | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
-ʃən

Definitions

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.

countable, idiomatic, morpheme, uncountable

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca -mə
Български -ция
Bosanski -ce -cija
Català -ció
Čeština -ce
Dansk -tion
Deutsch -tion -ung
Esperanto -ado
Español -xión
Suomi -minen
Français -tion
עברית ־ציה
हिन्दी -नी
Hrvatski -ce -cija
Magyar -ció
Հայերեն -ություն
Bahasa Indonesia -si ke- -an
Italiano -zione
日本語 -ション -化
ខ្មែរ ការ
한국어 -션 -음
Kurdî -çe -ing -şen -syon
Latina -tiō
Lietuvių -cija
Bahasa Melayu -sen -si -syen
Nederlands -ing -tie (Romanic)
Polski -cja
Română -ciune -ție
Русский -ция
Slovenščina -cija
Српски -ce -cija
Svenska -else -ing -tion
Tagalog -asyon -siyon -syon
Türkçe -siyon -syon
Українська -ння -ція

Examples

“ignore + -tion → ignortion”
“scrimp + -tion → scrimption”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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