vacancy

English

Etymology

From vac(ant) +‎ -ancy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈveɪkənsi/

Noun

vacancy (plural vacancies)

1. An unoccupied position or job.
2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
3. Empty space.
   • 1993, James Michie, trans. Ovid, The Art of Love, Book II:

     Sky was set above earth, land ringed with sea, / Chaos retired to its own vacancy [...].

4. Lack of intelligence or understanding.
5. (physics) A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice

Related terms

• vacant adjective
• vacate verb

Translations

unoccupied position

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空缺 (cmn) (kōngquē), 空職 (cmn), 空职 (cmn) (kōngzhí), 空額 (cmn), 空额 (cmn) (kòng'é)

• Czech: volné místo (cs) n
• Dutch: vacature (nl) f
• Finnish: vakanssi (fi), avoin (fi) virka (fi)
• French: vacance (fr) f

• German: Vakanz (de) f, freie Stelle (de) f
• Japanese: 欠員 (ja) (けついん, ketsuin)
• Jèrriais: vacanche f
• Portuguese: vaga (pt) f
• Russian: вакансия (ru) (vakánsija) f
• Zulu: isikhala (zu) 7/8

available room

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空位 (cmn) (kòngwèi, kōngwèi)

• Finnish: vapaa (fi) huone (fi)
• French: chambre libre (fr) f

• German: freies Zimmer (de) n
• Portuguese: vaga (pt) f
• Russian: свободный номер (ru) (svobódnyj nómer) m

empty space

• Finnish: vapaa (fi) paikka (fi)
• German: freie Platz (de) m

• Russian: свободное место (ru) (svobódnoje mésto) n