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-sion

/ʒən/

-sion is the variant of -tion.

Meaning of -tion

Suffix

-tion (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -tions)

  1. (idiomatic) Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, -ation is used.
    • ignore + -tion → ignortion

Origin of -sion

From Latin, from words suffixed with -iō with a preceding -s-.

Questions about -sion

What is -sion the variant of?
-sion is the variant of -tion.
How do you pronounce -sion?
-sion is pronounced /ʒən/.

Words near -sion in the dictionary

  1. -sicle
  2. -sicles
  3. -side
  4. -sie
  5. -sies
  6. -sion
  7. -sis
  8. -ski
  9. -sky
  10. -slide
  11. -slop

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -sion (page history and authors); -tion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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