-ification

See also: -ificâtion

English

Alternative forms

-fication

Etymology

From Middle English -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), from Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -ficātiō, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō (English -ify), derived from compounding with faciō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Suffix

-ification

The process of becoming.

Usage notes

Occurs in words of French or Latin origin, but also productive, instead of expected *-ifation, from -ify (“become”) + -ation (“process of”); compare -ability.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ification

Related terms

other terms ending in -ification

Translations

process of becoming

Afrikaans: -ifikasie, -fikasie, -ifisering, -fisering
Albanian: -ifikim m, -fikim m
Asturian: -ificación f, -ficación f
Basque: -ifikazio, -fikazio
Belarusian: -ыфіка́цыя f (-yfikácyja), -фіка́цыя f (-fikácyja)
Bulgarian: -ифика́ция f (-ifikácija), -фика́ция f (-fikácija)
Catalan: -ificació f, -ficació (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: -化 (faa³)

Hakka: -化 (fa)

Hokkien: -化 (hoà)

Mandarin: -化 (zh) (-huà)
Czech: -ifikace f, -fikace f
Danish: -ifikation c, -fikation c, -ificering c, -ficering c
Dutch: -ificatie f, -ficatie f, -ifisering f, -fisering f
Finnish: -ifikaatio, -fikaatio, -ifiointi, -fiointi
French: -ification (fr) f, -fication (fr) f
Galician: -ificación f, -ficación f
Georgian: -იფიკაცია (-ipiḳacia), -ფიკაცია (-piḳacia)
German: -ifikation f, -fikation f, -ifizierung f, -fizierung f
Greek: -ποίηση (el) (-poíisi)
Hebrew: ־יפִיקַצְיָה f (-ifikátsya), ־פִיקַצְיָה f (-fikátsya)
Hungarian: -ifikáció, -fikáció
Indonesian: -ifikasi, -fikasi
Italian: -ificazione f, -ficazione f
Japanese: -化 (ja) (-か, -ka)
Korean: 화(化) (-hwa)
Latvian: -ifikācija f, -ifikācija f
Lithuanian: -ifikacija f, -ifikacija f
Macedonian: -ификација f (-ifikacija), -фикација f (-fikacija)
Norman: -ificâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: -ifikasjon m, -fikasjon m, -ifisering f, -fisering f

Nynorsk: -ifikasjon m, -fikasjon m, -ifisering f, -fisering f
Occitan: -ificacion f, -ficacion f
Polish: -yfikacja f, -fikacja f
Portuguese: -ificação f, -ficação f
Romanian: -ificare f, -ficare f
Russian: -ифика́ция (ru) f (-ifikácija), -фика́ция (ru) f (-fikácija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: -ифика́ција f, -фика́ција f

Roman: -ifikácija f,-fikácija f
Slovak: -ifikácia f, -fikácia f
Slovene: -ifikacija f, -fikacija f
Spanish: -ificación f, -ficación f
Swedish: -ifikation c, -fikation c, -ifiering c, -fiering c
Tagalog: -ipikasyon -pikasyon
Turkish: -ifikasyon, -fikasyon
Ukrainian: -ифіка́ція f (-yfikácija), -фіка́ція f (-fikácija)
Vietnamese: ... hoá (vi) (-化)
Yiddish: ־יפֿיקאַציע (-ifikatsye), ־פֿיקאַציע (-fikatsye), ־יפֿיצירונג (-ifitsirung), ־פֿיצירונג (-fitsirung)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -ification, in turn borrowed from Latin -ficātiōnem, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

Suffix

-ification f (plural -ifications)

-ification

Derived terms

Related terms

-ifier