-ion

Meaning

1. (idiomatic, morpheme) An action or process, or the result of an action or process.
2. (idiomatic, morpheme) A state or condition.

Synonyms

ion

-ization

-sion

-ition

Translations

-ion

-ion

-ione

-ion

-ão

-ção

-ción

-ión

Etymology

Reanalysed from -ation, -tion, from Middle French -tion, -cion, from Latin -tiō. By surface analysis, this suffix is added to verbs derived from Latin perfect participle stems.