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English
Etymology
From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis; equivalent to create + -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft.
Pronunciation
Noun
creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)
- (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!
- (uncountable) The act of creating something.
The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.
the creation of passwords is done by a computer.
- (uncountable) All which exists.
Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.
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something created such as an invention or artwork
- Armenian: երկ (hy) (erk), ստեղծագործություն (hy) (steġcagorcutʻyun), գործ (hy) (gorc)
- Asturian: creación f
- Belarusian: тварэ́нне n (tvarénnje), стварэ́нне n (stvarénnje)
- Bengali: তৈরী (tōiri)
- Bulgarian: творе́ние (bg) n (tvorénie)
- Catalan: creació (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 創作品／创作品 (chuàngzuòpǐn)
- Czech: výtvor m
- Dutch: creatie (nl) f, uitvinding (nl) f
- Esperanto: kreo
- Finnish: luomus (fi)
- French: création (fr) f
- Galician: creación (gl) f
- German: Erfindung (de) f, Werk (de) n, Kreation (de) f, Schöpfung (de) f, Gebilde (de) n
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (gaskafts)
- Greek: δημιούργημα (el) n (dimioúrgima), δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía)
- Ancient: κτίσις f (ktísis)
- Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
- Hebrew: יְצִירָה (he) f (yetsirá)
- Hindi: सृष्टि (hi) f (sŕṣṭi)
- Hungarian: alkotás (hu), mű (hu), teremtmény (hu)
- Ilocano: parsua
- Indonesian: ciptaan (id)
- Italian: creazione (it) f
- Japanese: 創作物 (そうさくぶつ, sōsakubutsu)
- Kapampangan: pamilalang
- Korean: 창작품(創作品) (ko) (changjakpum)
- Lithuanian: kūrinys m
- Macedonian: творба f (tvorba)
- Malay: ciptaan (ms)
- Maranao: inaden
- Middle English: schaft
- Norman: créâtion f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kreasjon m
- Nynorsk: kreasjon m
- Old English: ġesċeaft f or n, ġesċæft f or n, ġesċeft f or n
- Plautdietsch: Schepfunk f
- Polish: wytwór (pl) m
- Portuguese: criação (pt) f
- Romanian: creație (ro) f
- Russian: творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), де́тище (ru) n (détišče), произведе́ние (ru) n (proizvedénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: tvorevina (sh) f, stvorevina f, tvorba (sh) f
- Slovak: výtvor m
- Slovene: stvaritev (sl) f
- Spanish: creación (es) f
- Swahili: kiumbe (sw)
- Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
- Tagalog: likha (tl)
- Turkish: yaratı (tr), yaratım (tr), kreasyon (tr)
- Ukrainian: творі́ння n (tvorínnja), тво́рення n (tvórennja)
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act of creation
- Arabic: اِبْتِكَار m (ibtikār), خَلْق (ar) m (ḵalq)
- Armenian: ստեղծագործում (hy) (steġcagorcum), ստեղծագործություն (hy) (steġcagorcutʻyun), ստեղծում (hy) (steġcum)
- Asturian: creación f
- Belarusian: тварэ́нне n (tvarénnje)
- Bulgarian: създава́не (bg) n (sǎzdaváne), сътворе́ние (bg) n (sǎtvorénie)
- Catalan: creació (ca) f
- Cebuano: buhat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 創作／创作 (zh) (chuàngzuò), 創造／创造 (zh) (chuàngzào)
- Czech: tvoření n, vytvoření (cs) n, vytváření (cs) n, tvorba (cs) f, kreace f
- Danish: skabelse c
- Dutch: creatie (nl) f, schepping (nl) f
- Esperanto: kreado
- Finnish: luominen (fi)
- French: création (fr) f
- Galician: creación (gl) f
- German: Kreation (de) f, Schöpfung (de) f, Erstellung (de) f, Schaffung (de) f, Schaffen (de) n, Erschaffung (de) f, Erschaffen n, Kreierung f, Kreieren n
- Greek: δημιουργία (el) f (dimiourgía)
- Ancient Greek: κτίσις f (ktísis)
- Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
- Hebrew: יְצִירָה (he) f (yetsirá)
- Hungarian: alkotás (hu), teremtés (hu)
- Ilocano: parsua
- Indonesian: penciptaan (id)
- Italian: creazione (it) f
- Japanese: 創造 (ja) (そうぞう, sōzō), 創作 (ja) (そうさく, sōsaku)
- Kapampangan: pamaglalang
- Korean: 창조(創造) (ko) (changjo), 창작(創作) (ko) (changjak)
- Lithuanian: kūryba f
- Macedonian: создавање n (sozdavanje), творба f (tvorba)
- Malay: penciptaan (ms)
- Maori: hanganga, waihanganga, whaihanganga
- Norman: créâtion f
- Old English: ġesceaft
- Persian: آفَرینِش (fa) (âfarineš)
- Plautdietsch: Schepfunk f
- Polish: tworzenie (pl) n, kreacja (pl) f
- Portuguese: criação (pt) f
- Romanian: creare (ro) f
- Russian: созда́ние (ru) n (sozdánije), созида́ние (ru) n (sozidánije), творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворе́ние (ru) n (sotvorénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: stvaranje (sh) n, tvaranje n
- Slovak: stvorenie n, vytvorenie n, tvorba f, kreácia f (literary)
- Slovene: ustvarjanje n, stvarjenje (sl) n
- Swahili: uumbaji
- Swedish: skapande (sv) n
- Tagalog: likha (tl)
- Tajik: офариниш (tg) (ofariniš)
- Turkish: yaratma (tr), yaratış (tr)
- Ukrainian: тво́рення n (tvórennja), творі́ння n (tvorínnja), ство́рення n (stvórennja)
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(Biblical) all which exists
- Arabic: خَلْق (ar) m (ḵalq)
- Asturian: creación f
- Belarusian: светабудо́ва f (svjetabudóva), стварэ́нне n (stvarénnje)
- Bengali: মখলুকাত (mokhlukat)
- Bulgarian: сътворе́ние (bg) n (sǎtvorénie), творе́ние (bg) n (tvorénie)
- Catalan: creació (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 萬物／万物 (zh) (wànwù)
- Czech: stvoření (cs) n
- Danish: skabelse n, skabning c
- Dutch: schepping (nl) f
- Esperanto: kreitaro
- Finnish: luomakunta (fi)
- French: création (fr) f
- Galician: creación (gl) f
- German: Schöpfung (de) f
- Greek: πλάση (el) f (plási)
- Hebrew: בְּרִיאָה f (bri'á)
- Hungarian: teremtés (hu)
- Italian: creazione (it) f, creato (it) m
- Japanese: 万物 (ja) (ばんぶつ, banbutsu)
- Korean: 만물(萬物) (ko) (manmul)
- Lithuanian: kūriniai m pl
- Malay: kejadian (ms)
- Maori: orokohanga (mi)
- Middle English: schaft
- Norman: créâtion f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skapning m
- Old English: ġesceaft
- Polish: stworzenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: criação (pt) f
- Romanian: creare (ro) f
- Russian: мирозда́ние (ru) n (mirozdánije), творе́ние (ru) n (tvorénije), сотворе́ние (ru) n (sotvorénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: mirozdanje, stvaranje (sh), tvorba (sh)
- Slovak: stvorenie n
- Slovene: stvarstvo (sl) n
- Spanish: creación (es) f
- Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
- Tagalog: sangkalikhaan
- Ukrainian: світобудо́ва f (svitobudóva), ство́рення n (stvórennja)
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Interlingua
Noun
creation (plural creationes)
- creation
Middle English
Noun
creation
- Alternative form of creacion