-zione

== Italian == === Alternative forms === -tione -sione (from -siō instead of -tiō) === Etymology === Learned borrowing 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): */ˈt͡sjo.ne/ Rhymes: -one Hyphenation: -zió‧ne === Suffix === -zione used to form nouns relating to the action of specified verbs; -ation; -tion ‎punire (“to punish”) + ‎-zione → ‎punizione (“punishment”) ‎creare (“to create”) + ‎-zione → ‎creazione (“creation”) ‎fingere (“to pretend, feign”) + ‎-zione → ‎finzione (“pretext”) ==== Derived terms ====