-ification

== English == === Alternative forms === -fication === Etymology === From Middle English -ificacioun (ending on words generally borrowed whole from Old French), from Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -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 === IPA(key): /ɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Suffix === -ification (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ifications) 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== -ific -ificate -ifier -ify -ication ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French -ification, in turn borrowed from Latin -ficātiōnem, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/ === Suffix === -ification f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ifications) -ification ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -ifier