English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.
Pronunciation
Noun
vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)
- An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
- Synonym: holiday (Commonwealth)
We were on vacation in Florida this year.
- An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
- Synonym: holiday (Commonwealth)
Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
- The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: departure, moveout
The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
- (US, law) The act of making legally void.
- (general) Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th–17th c.]
- Synonyms: annulment, revocation
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.
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Translations
- Albanian: pushim (sq) m
- Arabic: عُطْلَة f (ʕuṭla), إِجَازَة f (ʔijāza)
- Hijazi Arabic: إجازة f (ʔijāza)
- Armenian: արձակուրդ (hy) (arjakurd)
- Azerbaijani: məzuniyyət (az) pl, tətil (az)
- Basque: opor
- Belarusian: адпачы́нак m (adpačýnak), во́дпуск (be) m (vódpusk), кані́кулы f pl (kaníkuly) (students, MP's)
- Bulgarian: вака́нция (bg) f (vakáncija), о́тпуска (bg) f (ótpuska), о́тпуск (bg) m (ótpusk)
- Burmese: အားလပ်ရက် (a:lap-rak), အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် (my) (a.luppitrak)
- Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏦᏪᏐᎸᏍᏛ (unatsowesolvsdv)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 假期 (gaa3 kei4)
- Mandarin: 假期 (zh) (jiàqī)
- Czech: prázdniny (cs) f pl (at school), dovolená (cs) f (at work), dovolená (cs) f
- Danish: ferie (da) c
- Dutch: vakantie (nl) f
- Esperanto: libertempo
- Estonian: puhkus
- Finnish: loma (fi), vapaapäivä (fi)
- French: vacances (fr) f or pl
- Galician: vacacións f pl
- Georgian: არდადეგები (ardadegebi)
- German: Ferien (de) f pl, Urlaub (de) m
- Greek: διακοπές (el) f pl (diakopés)
- Hebrew: חופש \ חֹפֶשׁ (he) m (khófesh)
- Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī)
- Hungarian: szabadság (hu), vakáció (hu), szünidő (hu)
- Icelandic: frí (is) n
- Ido: vakanco (io)
- Interlingua: vacantia
- Irish: saoire f
- Italian: vacanza (it) f
- Japanese: 休暇 (ja) (きゅうか, kyūka), 休み (ja) (やすみ, yasumi), バカンス (ja) (bakansu), ヴァカンス (vakansu), バケーション (ja) (bakēshon)
- Kazakh: демалыс (demalys)
- Khmer: រហែ (km) (rɔhae), ល្ហែ (km) (lhae)
- Korean: 휴가(休暇) (ko) (hyuga)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: betlane (ku), tatîl (ku)
- Kyrgyz: отпуск (ky) (otpusk), дем алыш (ky) (dem alış)
- Ladino: vakansas
- Lao: ຍາມພັກ (nyām phak), ມື້ພັກ (lo) (mư̄ phak)
- Latin: cessātiō, fēriae f pl
- Latvian: brīvdiena f
- Lithuanian: atóstogos (lt) f
- Macedonian: одмор (mk) m (odmor)
- Malay: cuti (ms)
- Maltese: vaganza, btala, vaganza, btala
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: амралт (mn) (amralt)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ferie (no) m
- Nynorsk: ferie m
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: تَعْطیل (ta'til), تَعْطیلات (ta'tilât)
- Plautdietsch: Vakassion m
- Polish: wakacje (pl) pl
- Portuguese: férias (pt) f pl, vacação (pt) f, tolerância (pt)
- Quechua: samay pacha
- Romanian: vacanță (ro) f
- Russian: о́тпуск (ru) m (ótpusk), (students, MP's) кани́кулы (ru) f pl (kaníkuly), (short, may be unpaid) отгу́л (ru) m (otgúl)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ра́спуст m, о̀дмор m, фе̑рије f pl, пра̑знӣк m
- Latin: ráspust (sh) m, òdmor (sh) m, fȇrije (sh) f pl, prȃznīk (sh) m
- Sikkimese: གུང་སེང (gung seng)
- Slovak: dovolenka f
- Slovene: dopust m, počitnice f pl
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: prozniny pl, ferije pl, dowol m
- Spanish: vacaciones (es) f pl, vacación (es) f
- Swedish: semester (sv) c, ledighet (sv) c
- Tajik: таътил (tg) (ta'til)
- Thai: วันหยุด (th) (wan-yùt)
- Tibetan: གུང་གསེང (gung gseng)
- Turkish: tatil (tr)
- Turkmen: dynç alyş, kanikul (students)
- Ukrainian: відпу́стка f (vidpústka), кані́кули f pl (kaníkuly) (students, MP's)
- Urdu: چُھٹّی f (chuṭṭī), تَعْطِیل f (ta'tīl), تَعْطِیلات f pl (ta'tīlāt)
- Uyghur: دەم ئېلىش (dem ëlish)
- Uzbek: otpuska (uz), dam olish, taʻtil
- Vietnamese: kì nghỉ
- Yiddish: וואַקאַציע f (vakatsye)
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the act of vacating something; moving out of something
- Bulgarian: опра́зване (bg) n (oprázvane), освобожда́ване (bg) n (osvoboždávane)
- Danish: fratrædelse c, fraflytning c
- Estonian: vabastamine
- Finnish: tyhjentäminen (fi), hylkääminen (fi), jättäminen (fi), poismuutto, lähtö (fi)
- Georgian: გათავისუფლება (gatavisupleba)
- German: Preisgabe (de) f
- Hungarian: kiürítés (hu), kiköltözés (hu), (becoming or being vacant) megüresedés (hu), üresedés (hu), betöltetlenség
- Macedonian: испразнување n (ispraznuvanje), ослободување n (osloboduvanje), оставање n (ostavanje)
- Portuguese: vacação (pt) f, vagação f, vacatura (pt) f, vagatura f
- Russian: освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije), оставле́ние (ru) n (ostavlénije)
- Spanish: vacación (es) f (rare), vacatura f
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish: تخلیه (tahliye)
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the act of making legally void
freedom from some business or activity
Verb
vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)
- (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Synonyms
Translations
to spend or take a vacation
- Catalan: fer vacances
- Danish: tage på ferie, holde ferie
- Dutch: op vakantie gaan
- Esperanto: ferii
- Finnish: lomailla (fi); viettää lomaa (spend a vacation), viettää loma (spend a vacation completely)
- French: aller en vacances
- Galician: ir de vacacións
- German: Urlaub machen, Ferien machen
- Hungarian: szabadságra megy, szabadságot vesz ki, szabadságát tölti, vakációzik (hu), nyaral (hu), üdül (hu)
- Icelandic: fara í frí
- Irish: dul ar saoire
- Italian: andare in vacanza
- Japanese: 休暇を取る (ja) (kyūka o toru), 休みを取る (ja) (yasumi o toru)
- Macedonian: о́дмора (ódmora), ко́ристи го́дишен о́дмор (kóristi gódišen ódmor)
- Polish: wczasować się impf
- Portuguese: sair de férias
- Russian: проводи́ть о́тпуск (provodítʹ ótpusk), провести́ о́тпуск (provestí ótpusk)
- Spanish: vacacionar (es)
- Swedish: semestra (sv)
- Vietnamese: đi nghỉ, nghỉ mát (vi)
- Welsh: mynd ar wyliau
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ka.sjɔ̃/
- Hyphenation: va‧ca‧tion
Noun
vacation f (plural vacations)
- (law) session (clarification of this definition is needed.)
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