optimisation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English optimise

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English optimisation

From optimise + -ation.

Noun

optimisation (plural optimisations)

1. Alternative spelling of optimization.

Hyponyms

• premature optimisation

Derived terms

• deoptimisation
• suboptimisation

French

Etymology

From optimiser +‎ -ation. Calque of English optimization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.ti.mi.za.sjɔ̃/

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• Homophone: optimisations

Noun

optimisation f (plural optimisations)

1. optimization

Further reading

• “optimisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012