-ion
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Action or process:
行为或过程:
completion.
完成 - Result of an action or process:
行为或过程的结果:
indention.
空格 - State or condition:
状态或情况:
dehydration.
脱水
语源
- Middle English
中古英语 - from Old French
源自 古法语 - from Latin -iō -iōn- [n. suff.]
源自 拉丁语 -iō -iōn- [名词后缀]
-ion
suffix forming nouns
indicating an action, process, or state
⇒
creation
⇒
Compare -ation, -tion
objection
Compare -ation, -tion
Origin
from Latin -iōn-, -io-ion
Word Origin
1
a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used in Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and especially past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion).
Also, -ation, -ition, -tion.
Compare -cion, -xion.
Origin
< Latin -iōn- (stem of -iō) suffix forming nouns, especially on past participle stems; replacing Middle English -ioun < Anglo-French < Latin -iōn-
Related Words
- -ition
- -tion
- accordion
- collaboration
- deglutition
- eclosion
-iona suffix of nouns denoting action or process, state or condition, or sometimes things or persons, as in allusion, communion, flexion, fusion, legion, opinion, suspicion, union.
Compare -cion, -xion. Also, -tion, -ation. [Latin -io, suffix forming nouns, especially from verbs]
-ion
noun suffix
a. act or process
validation
b. result of an act or process
regulation
2. state or condition
hydration
noun suffix
ETYMOLOGY French -ion, from Latin -ion-, -io
1.a. act or process
validation
b. result of an act or process
regulation
2. state or condition
hydration
-ion
suffix
- forming nouns denoting verbal action构成表示言语活动的名词:
-
communion.
- ■ denoting an instance of this表示一次此类行动:
-
a rebellion.
- ■ denoting a resulting state or product表示作为结果的一种状态(或事物):
-
oblivion
opinion.
USAGEThe suffix -ion is usually found preceded by s (-sion), t (-tion), or x (-xion).
词源
via French from Latin -ion-.
1930 F. R. Bharucha tr. Braun-Blanquet'sVocab. PlantSociol. 23For designation of Alliances, the suffix ‘-ion’ is added to the radical of the name of one of the principal associations of the alliance. Ex. Ammophilion-Genisteto-Vaccinion.
-ion
suffix forming nouns of state, condition, or action from verbs, from Latin -ionem (nominative -io, genitive -ionis), sometimes via French -ion.
-ion
[Noun] condition or action:
[Noun] condition or action:
abduction
ORIGIN: Repr. French -ion , Latin -ion- , -io .
☞ ion
-ion
noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -ioun, -ion, -iun, from Old French -ion, -iun, from Latin -ion-, -io
1.
a. : act or process
< acidulation >
< rebellion >
b. : result of an act or process
< construction >
2.
a. : state or condition
< subjection >
b. : thing acted upon or conditioned
< ambition >
1.
a.
< acidulation >
< rebellion >
b.
< construction >
2.
a.
< subjection >
b.
< ambition >
-ion
Itself pronounced IPA: /ən/, and changes the preceding consonant to IPA: /ʃ/ usually or IPA: /t͡ʃ/ or IPA: /ʒ/ in some cases.
Suffix
- non-productive an action or process, or the result of an action or process
- fermentation, indentation, consumption
- non-productive a state or condition
- intoxication
Etymology
From Latin suffix -iō (genitive -iōnis), appended to a perfect passive participle to form a noun of action.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ion
Related terms
后缀:-ion [名词后缀]
1、构成抽象名词,表示行为、行为的过程或结果、情况、状态
discussion 讨论
inflation 通货膨胀
action 活动,作用,行为
progression 前进,行进
connection 连结
prediction 预言,预告
exhibition 展览会
election 选举
perfection 完整无缺
translation 翻译
correction 改正
expression 表达,表示
association 联系,协会
dismission 解雇,开除
prosession 占有,占用
completion 完成
2、表示物
medallion 大奖章
accordion 手风琴
falchion 弯形大刀
cushion 坐垫,靠垫