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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.

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiˈeɪʃən/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯ˈeɪ̯ʃn̩]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: cre‧a‧tion

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; biblical, philosophy) All which exists.
Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation.

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 (jaralu), жарату (jaratu)
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 (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
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 (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)
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)

Translations to be checked

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

“creation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

actioner, actorine, anoretic, anticore, reaction, reäction

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.

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

creation (plural creationes)

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

creation

alternative form of creacion