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Dutch
Etymology
From the Latin suffix -ātiō. This suffix was formed from verbs of the first conjugation (-āre), and is therefore a variety of the more general -tiō (from which Dutch -tie).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.tsi/, (standard in Belgium, chiefly low-prestige in the Netherlands) /ˈaː.si/
Suffix
-atie f
- Forms action nouns. Many such nouns derive from or are otherwise paired with verbs of Latinate origin that are suffixed with -eren. This suffix is then replaced by -atie.
- Synonym: -ing
- an action or process
- alimenteren + -atie → alimentatie (“alimentation”)
- the result of an action or process
- accumuleren + -atie → accumulatie (“accumulation”)
- a state or quality
- hallucineren + -atie → hallucinatie (“hallucination”)