Esperanto has an excellent derivation system.
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Derivation
//ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n//
Synonyms for "derivation" (196 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (58)
declensiondeductionderivativedescentdescriptive linguisticsdevelopmentdialectologydifference of formdingdong theorydirect linedistaff sidedistillatedoubleteffectencliticeponymeponymyetymologyetymonevent
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eventualityeventuationextractionfamilyfemale linefiliationfolk etymologyformativefoundationfountainfree formfruitgenealogygenesisgettingglossematicsglossologyglottochronologyglottologygrammargraphemicsgrass rootsharvestheadhistorical linguisticshouseic analysisillationimitationimmediate constituent analysisinceptioninductioninferenceinfixinfixation
Noun(3 words)
Related words (98)
inflectioninfringementissuelanguage studylegacylexicologylexicostatisticslineline of descentlineagelinguistic geographylinguistic sciencelinguisticslogical outcomemale linemathematical linguisticsmockingmorphmorphememorphemic analysis
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morphemicsmorphologymorphophonemicsoffshootoffspringoriginoriginaloriginationoutcomeoutgrowthpaleographyparadigmpasticciopastichepedigreephilologyphoneticsphonologyphylumpiratingplagiarismplagiaryprecipitateprefixprefixationprimitiveprocliticproductprovenanceproveniencepsycholinguisticsraceradicalradixreceiptreceivalreceivingreceptionresultresultantriserootseedsemantic historysemanticsseptsequelsequelasequencesequentsidesimulationsociolinguisticssourcespear sidespindle sidestemstirpsstockstrainstructuralismsuccessionsuffixsuffixationsword sidesyntacticstakingtaprootthemetransformational linguisticsupshotwellwellspringwhenceword formationword historyword-formation
Noun(1 words)
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
44 entriesShowing 16 of 44 words.
Translations
86 translations across 26 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndajshtesim noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- derivativ noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- törəmə noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
Bulgarian
4 entries- деривация noun (leading or drawing off of water)
- диференциране noun (math: operation of deducing)
- етимология noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- извеждане noun (act of receiving anything from a source)
Catalan
1 entries- derivació noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 派生 noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Czech
2 entries- derivace noun (math: operation of deducing)
- odvození noun (act of receiving anything from a source)
Danish
4 entries- afledning noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- afledning noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- afledning noun (that from which sthg is derived)
- afledning noun (that which is derived)
Dutch
3 entries- afleiding noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- afleiding noun (math: operation of deducing)
- derivatie noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
Esperanto
1 entries- derivado noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Finnish
4 entries- johdos noun (that which is derived)
- johtaminen noun (act of receiving anything from a source)
- johtaminen noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- johtaminen noun (state or method of being derived)
Georgian
4 entries- გაწარმოება noun (math: operation of deducing)
- დერივაცია noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- სიტყვაწარმოება noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- სიტყვაწარმოქმნა noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
German
4 entries- Ableitung noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- Derivation noun (math: operation of deducing)
- Herleiten noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- Herleitung noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Hungarian
4 entries- deriváció noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- deriválás noun (math: operation of deducing)
- eredet noun (that from which sthg is derived)
- kiindulás noun (that from which sthg is derived)
Italian
3 entries- derivazione noun (act of receiving anything from a source)
- deviazione noun (leading or drawing off of water)
- etimologia noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Japanese
1 entries- 派生 noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Mongolian
1 entries- гарал үүсэл noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Māori
2 entries- takenga noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- takenga noun (that which is derived)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- avledning noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- avledning noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- avledning noun (that which is derived)
- avleiing noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- avleiing noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- avleiing noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- avleiing noun (that which is derived)
- derivasjon noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
Polish
2 entries- derywacja noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- derywacja noun (that which is derived)
Romanian
2 entries- derivare noun (math: operation of deducing)
- derivație noun (leading or drawing off of water)
Russian
1 entries- происхожде́ние noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Slovak
1 entries- derivácia noun (math: operation of deducing)
Spanish
3 entries- derivación noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- derivación noun (math: operation of deducing)
- derivada noun (math: operation of deducing)
Swedish
4 entries- avledning noun (leading or drawing off of water)
- avledning noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
- avledning noun (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)
- avledning noun (that which is derived)
Venetan
1 entries- derivasion noun (act of tracing origin or descent)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Some people find derivation to be more logical and regular in Ido than in Esperanto.
Source: tatoeba (9432738)
Linguistic purism is a silly idea; compounding, conversion, and derivation can only take you so far.
Source: tatoeba (13692873)
the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
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