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