-zione

Meaning

used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs; -ation; -tion

Concepts

-tion

Translations

-ció

-ung

-tion

-tion

-tiō

-ing

-tie

-cion

-ção

-ción

Hyphenated as

-zió‧ne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡sjo.ne/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -tiōnem, as a learned form.
The original inherited form of the suffix, -zone and -zzone or in some cases -gione, is today less common but found in words such as ragione, stagione, cagione, canzone, punzone, acquazzone, tizzone, etc.