-ification

See also: -ificâtion

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#IFICATIONCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#IFICATION

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#IFICATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#IFICATION -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#IFICATION -ification, in turn from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#IFICATION -ficātiō, a noun ending which appears on action nouns formed using the suffix -tiō (English -tion) from verbs ending in -ficō (English -ify). Compare -faction.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ification (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ifications)Category:English lemmas#IFICATIONCategory:English suffixes#IFICATIONCategory:English noun-forming suffixes#IFICATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#IFICATIONCategory:English countable nouns#IFICATIONCategory:English countable nouns#IFICATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#IFICATIONCategory:Pages with entries#IFICATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#IFICATION

  1. Forms nouns denoting the act or process whereby a subject becomes something else.

Usage notes

  • This suffix occurs in words of French or Latin origin, but is also productive in English. When applying the suffix -ation to a verb ending in -ify, -ification is used instead of the expected *-ifiation. Compare -ability.

Derived terms

Category:Pages using catfix#IFICATION

Translations

Category:English noun-forming suffixes#IFICATIONCategory:English productive suffixes#IFICATION

French

Etymology

Category:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#IFICATIONCategory:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#IFICATION

Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#IFICATIONCategory:French terms derived from Old French#IFICATION -ification, in turn borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#IFICATION -ficātiōnem, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ification f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ifications)Category:French lemmas#IFICATIONCategory:French suffixes#IFICATIONCategory:French noun-forming suffixes#IFICATIONCategory:French countable suffixes#IFICATIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#IFICATIONCategory:French feminine suffixes#IFICATIONCategory:Pages with entries#IFICATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#IFICATION

  1. -ification

Derived terms

Category:English 4-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English noun-forming suffixes Category:English productive suffixes Category:English suffixes Category:English terms derived from Latin Category:English terms derived from Middle English Category:English terms derived from Old French Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁- Category:English terms inherited from Middle English Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English uncountable nouns Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:French 4-syllable words Category:French countable suffixes Category:French feminine suffixes Category:French lemmas Category:French noun-forming suffixes Category:French suffixes Category:French terms derived from Latin Category:French terms derived from Old French Category:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁- Category:French terms inherited from Old French Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Pages using catfix Category:Pages with 2 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən Category:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/4 syllables Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations Category:Terms with Albanian translations Category:Terms with Asturian translations Category:Terms with Basque translations Category:Terms with Belarusian translations Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations Category:Terms with Cantonese translations Category:Terms with Catalan translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with Dutch translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with Galician translations Category:Terms with Georgian translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Greek translations Category:Terms with Hakka translations Category:Terms with Hebrew translations Category:Terms with Hokkien translations Category:Terms with Hungarian translations Category:Terms with Indonesian translations Category:Terms with Italian translations Category:Terms with Japanese translations Category:Terms with Korean translations Category:Terms with Latvian translations Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations Category:Terms with Macedonian translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Norman translations Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Category:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Category:Terms with Occitan translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Portuguese translations Category:Terms with Romanian translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Category:Terms with Slovak translations Category:Terms with Slovene translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Swedish translations Category:Terms with Tagalog translations Category:Terms with Turkish translations Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations Category:Terms with Yiddish translations