nacion

See also: nación, naçión, nåcion, and ñación

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish nación.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈsjon/, [naˈʃõn]
• Hyphenation: na‧cion

Noun

nación

1. nation

Related terms

• nace (“to be born”)
• nacido
• nacimiento
• nacional

 

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈt͡sion]
• Rhymes: -ion
• Hyphenation: na‧ci‧on

Noun

nacion

1. accusative singular of nacio

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.sju/

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

nacion f (plural nacions)

1. nation

Related terms

• nacional

 

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 462.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātiō, nātiōnem, ultimately from nāscor (“I am born”). Compare with naistre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈt͡sjũn/

Noun

nacion oblique singular, f (oblique plural nacions, nominative singular nacion, nominative plural nacions)

1. birth (instance of being born)
2. nation

Descendants

• Middle French: nation
  • French: nation
    • Haitian Creole: nasyon
    • → Piedmontese: nassion
• → Middle Dutch: nacie
  • Dutch: natie
• → Middle English: nacioun
  • English: nation
  • → Irish: náisiún