-cation
/ˈkeɪʃən/
-cation suffix: forms a more specific type of vacation, and sometimes ad-hoc nonce words.
Suffix
-cation
- Forms a more specific type of vacation, and sometimes ad-hoc nonce words.
Origin of -cation
Back-formation from vacation; a libfix.
Words formed from -cation
- awaycation
- baecation
- bake-cation
- bakecation
- blogcation
- brocation
- codecation
- coolcation
- daycation
- fakation
- fake-ation
- famcation
- gaycation
- girlcation
- haycation
- homecation
- mancation
- mecation
- naycation
- nearcation
- oy vey-cation
- oyveycation
- petcation
- playcation
- praycation
- recation
- selfcation
- sexcation
- shamcation
- shamecation
- skication
- slumbercation
- snowcation
- spacation
- spaycation
- staycation
- streamcation
- vaxication
- vlogcation
- workcation
Questions about -cation
- What does -cation mean?
- -cation means forms a more specific type of vacation, and sometimes ad-hoc nonce words.
- What part of speech is -cation?
- -cation is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -cation?
- -cation is pronounced /ˈkeɪʃən/.
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Source and license
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