-zione
Italian
Alternative forms
- -tione
- -sione (from -siō instead of -tiō)
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.
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
Italian terms suffixed with -zione