creation

See also: création and créâtion

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English creacion, from Old French creacion (modern French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis. By surface analysis, create +‎ -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiˈeɪʃən/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ʃn̩]

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tion

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)

1. (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!

2. (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.

3. (uncountable; biblical, philosophy) All which exists.

   Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.

Derived terms

• anticreation
• autocreation
• co-creation
• cocreation
• collaborative creation
• creational
• creationary
• creationism
• creationist
• creationless
• creation myth
• creation science
• creation scientist
• creation story
• decreation
• iration
• loan creation
• miscreation
• noncreation
• re-creation
• recreation
• special creation
• subcreation
• transcreation
• uncreation

Related terms

• creatability
• creatable
• creatableness
• create
• creationally
• creationarily
• creationistic
• creationistically
• creative
• creatively
• creativeness
• creativity
• creator
• Creator
• creatorship
• creatress
• creatrix
• creatural
• creaturally
• creature
• creature comforts
• creatureliness
• creaturely

Translations

something created such as an invention or artwork

• Albanian: krijim (sq) m
• Arabic: خِلْقَة f (ḵilqa), خَلْق (ar) m (ḵalq)
• Armenian: երկ (hy) (erk), ստեղծագործություն (hy) (steġcagorcutʻyun), գործ (hy) (gorc)
• Asturian: creación f
• Belarusian: тварэ́нне n (tvarénnje), тварэ́ньне n (tvarénʹnje), стварэ́нне n (stvarénnje), стварэ́ньне n (stvarénʹnje)
• Bengali: তৈরী (bn) (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
• Estonian: loome, looming (et)
• 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 Greek: κτίσις f (ktísis)

• Haitian Creole: kreyasyon
• Hebrew: יְצִירָה (he) f (yetsirá)
• Hindi: कृति (hi) f (kŕti), रचना (hi) f (racnā)
• Hungarian: alkotás (hu), mű (hu), teremtmény (hu)
• Ilocano: parsua
• Indonesian: ciptaan (id)
• Irish: déantús m
• Italian: creazione (it) f
• Japanese: 創作物 (そうさくぶつ, sōsakubutsu)
• Kapampangan: pamilalang
• Kazakh: жаралу (jaraluw), жарату (jaratuw)
• Korean: 창작품(創作品) (ko) (changjakpum), 창작물(創作物) (ko) (changjangmul)
• Latvian: radīšana f
• Lithuanian: kūrinys m
• Macedonian: творба f (tvorba)
• Malay: ciptaan (ms)
• Maltese: ħolqien m
• 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
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: آفَرینِش (fa) (âfarineš), خِلْقَت (fa) (xelġat), خَلْق (fa) (xalġ)

• 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:

  Cyrillic: тво̀ревина f, ство̀ревина f, тво̀рба f

  Latin: tvòrevina (sh) f, stvorevina f, tvòrba (sh) f

• Slovak: výtvor m
• Slovene: stvaritev (sl) f
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swahili: kiumbe (sw)
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: likha (tl)
• Tajik: офариниш (tg) (ofariniš), хилқат (xilqat), халқ (tg) (xalq)
• Turkish: yaratı (tr), yaratım (tr), kreasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: творі́ння n (tvorínnja), тво́рення n (tvórennja)
• Urdu: آفْرِینِش (ur) f (āfrīniś), تَخْلِیق (ur) f (taxlīq), خِلْقَت (ur) f (xilqat)
• Uzbek: ijod (uz)

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), тварэ́ньне n (tvarénʹnje)
• Bulgarian: създава́не (bg) n (săzdaváne), сътворе́ние (bg) n (sătvorénie)
• 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
• Estonian: loome, loomine
• 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)
• Hindi: रचना (hi) f (racnā), सृजन (hi) m (sŕjan)
• 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)
• Maltese: ħolqien m
• Māori: hanganga, waihanganga, whaihanganga
• Norman: créâtion f
• Old English: ġesceaft
• Persian:

  Iranian 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:

  Cyrillic: ства́ра̄ње n, тва́ра̄ње n

  Latin: stvárānje (sh) n, tvárānje n

• Slovak: stvorenie n, vytvorenie n, tvorba f, kreácia f (literary)
• Slovene: ustvarjanje n, stvarjenje (sl) n
• Swahili: uumbaji (sw)
• Swedish: skapande (sv) n
• Tagalog: likha (tl)
• Tajik: офариниш (tg) (ofariniš)
• Tamil: ஆக்கம் (ta) (ākkam)
• Turkish: yaratma (tr), yaratış (tr)
• Ukrainian: тво́рення n (tvórennja), творі́ння n (tvorínnja), ство́рення n (stvórennja)
• Urdu: آفْرِینِش (ur) f (āfrīniś), تَخْلِیق (ur) f (taxlīq)

(Biblical) all which exists

• Arabic: خَلْق (ar) m (ḵalq)
• Asturian: creación f
• Belarusian: светабудо́ва f (svjetabudóva), сьветабудо́ва f (sʹvjetabudóva), стварэ́нне n (stvarénnje), стварэ́ньне n (stvarénʹnje)
• Bengali: মখলুকাত (mokhlukat)
• Bulgarian: сътворе́ние (bg) n (sătvorénie), 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)
• Hindi: सृष्टि (hi) f (sŕṣṭi)
• 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)
• Maltese: ħolqien m
• Māori: 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:

  Cyrillic: мироздање n, ства́ра̄ње n, тво̀рба f

  Latin: mirozdanje n, stvárānje (sh) n, tvòrba (sh) f

• Slovak: stvorenie n
• Slovene: stvarstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: creación (es) f
• Swedish: skapelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: sangkalikhaan
• Ukrainian: світобудо́ва f (svitobudóva), ство́рення n (stvórennja)
• Vietnamese: vạn vật (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Russian: ^{(please verify)} креа́ция f inan (kreácija)

Further reading

• “creation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anoretic, anticore, reaction, reäction

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English creation, French création, Italian creazióne, Spanish creación and Portuguese criação; all from Latin creātiōnis. Compare German Kreation and Russian креа́ция (kreácija). By surface analysis, crear +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kre.aˈt͡sjon/, /kre.aˈsjon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tion

Noun

creation (plural creationes)

1. creation
   1. act of creating, thing created
   2. world, universe

Middle English

Noun

creation

1. alternative form of creacion