vacation

English

Etymology

From Middle French vacation, from Latin vacātio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, /veɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
• (US) enPR: vā-kā'shən, IPA: /veɪˈkeɪʃən/, /vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, X-SAMPA: /veI"keIS@n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʃn

Noun

vacation (plural vacations)

1. Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th-17th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.28:

     The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.

3. A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
4. (North America) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
5. The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]

   The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.

6. (US) (law) the act of making legally void.

Synonyms

• (UK) holiday (1,4), annulment (2), revocation (2)

Translations

official holiday period

• Danish: ferie (da) c
• Estonian: puhkus (et)
• Finnish: loma (fi)
• Georgian: არდადეგები (ka) (ardadegebi)
• German: Ferien (de) f pl

• Hebrew: חופשה (he) (ḥufsha) f
• Macedonian: распуст (mk) (ráspust) m
• Russian: каникулы (ru) (kaníkuly) f pl
• Swedish: lov (sv) n (schools and universities), ferie (sv) c (schools)

holiday, period of leisure time

• Arabic: عطلة (ar) (ʿúṭla) f, إجازة (ar) (ʾijāza) f
• Basque: opor (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假期 (cmn) (jiàqī)

• Czech: prázdniny (cs) f pl (at school), dovolená (cs) f (at work)
• Danish: ferie (da) c
• Dutch: vakantie (nl)
• Esperanto: libertempo (eo)
• Estonian: puhkus (et)
• Finnish: loma (fi), vapaapäivä (fi)
• French: vacances (fr) f
• Georgian: არდადეგები (ka) (ardadegebi)
• German: Ferien (de) f pl, Urlaub (de) m
• Hebrew: חופש (he) (ḥófesh) m
• Hungarian: szabadság (hu), vakáció (hu), szünidő (hu)
• Ido: vakanco (io)

• Interlingua: vacantia (ia)
• 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 (ja) (vakansu), バケーション (ja) (bakēshon)
• Korean: 휴가 (ko) (hyuga) (休暇 (ko))
• Latin: cessatio (la), feriae (la) f pl
• Macedonian: одмор (mk) (ódmor) m
• Norwegian: ferie (no) m
• Polish: wakacje (pl) pl
• Portuguese: férias (pt) f pl
• Romanian: vacanță (ro)
• Russian: отпуск (ru) (ótpusk) m, (short, may be unpaid) отгул (ru) (otgúl) m, (students, MP's) каникулы (ru) (kanikuly) f pl
• Spanish: vacaciones (es) f pl
• Swedish: semester (sv) c, ledighet (sv) c
• Vietnamese: kỳ nghỉ (vi)

the act of making legally void

• Estonian: tühistamine (et), annuleerimine (et)
• Finnish: mitätöinti
• German: Annullierung (de) f
• Japanese: 休廷 (ja) (きゅうてい, kyūtei)

• Macedonian: поништување (mk) (poništúvanje) n
• Romanian: anulare (ro), golire (ro)
• Russian: отмена (ru) (ótm'éna) f

the act of vacating something; moving out of something

• Danish: fratrædelse (da) c, fraflytning (da) c
• Estonian: vabastamine (et)
• Finnish: tyhjentäminen, hylkääminen, jättäminen, poismuutto (fi), lähtö (fi)
• German: Preisgabe (de) f

• Macedonian: испразнување (mk) (ispraznúvanje) n, ослободување (mk) (oslobodúvanje) n, оставање (mk) (ostávanje) n
• Russian: освобождение (ru) (osvoboždénije) n, оставление (ru) (ostavlénije) n
• Spanish: (rare) vacación (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: vacances f pl (1)
• Italian: vacanza f (1)
• Portuguese: férias f pl (1)
• Vietnamese: period of time + nghỉ hè, period of time + nghỉ lễ (1)

Verb

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)

1. (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

   This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

Synonyms

• (UK) go on holiday
• go on vacation
• holiday

Translations

to spend or take a vacation

• Danish: tage (da) på ferie, holde (da) ferie
• Dutch: op vakantie gaan
• Esperanto: ferii (eo)
• Finnish: lomailla, viettää lomaa/loma
• French: aller en vacances
• German: Urlaub machen, Ferien machen
• Italian: andare in vacanza
• Japanese: 休暇を取る (ja) (kyūka o toru), 休みを取る (ja) (yasumi o toru)

• Macedonian: одмoра (mk) (ódmora), користи годишен одмор (mk) (kóristi gódišen ódmor)
• Portuguese: sair de férias
• Russian: проводить/провести отпуск (provodít'/prov'estí ótpusk)
• Spanish: vacacionar (es)
• Swedish: semestra (sv)
• Vietnamese: đi nghỉ

Related terms

• vacate

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vakasjɔ̃/

Noun

vacation f (plural vacations)

1. (law) session