reservation

See also: réservation

English

Etymology

From Middle French reservation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən/

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• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzɚˈveɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations)

1. The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

   The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

   1. The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
   2. The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.
2. Something that is withheld or kept back.
4. (often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.

   I have reservations about your intentions.

   • 1992, Jonny Quest (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 75, page 16)

     Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only one reservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least.

5. (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
6. An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.

   I have a hotel reservation in the name of Mr Smith.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:

     I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.

7. (UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.

   A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.

8. (India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).

Synonyms

• (advance arrangement): booking
• (central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip
• (Indian reservation): reserve, res, rez

Related terms

• mental reservation
• off the reservation
• reserve

Translations

act of withholding

• Bulgarian: запазване (bg) n (zapazvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保留 (zh) (bǎoliú)

• Danish: reservation c
• Esperanto: rezervado
• Finnish: varaaminen (fi)
• French: réservation (fr) f
• German: Reservierung (de) f
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• Japanese: 保留 (ja) (ほりゅう, horyū)
• Occitan: reservacion f
• Portuguese: reserva (pt) f, reservação f
• Russian: оставле́ние (ru) n (ostavlénije), сохране́ние (ru) n (soxranénije)
• Swedish: reservation (sv) c

something withheld

• Bulgarian: запас (bg) (zapas)
• Finnish: pidätys (fi), pidättäminen (fi)
• French: réservation (fr) f
• German: Vorbehalt (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: reservacion f, resèrva (oc) f
• Swedish: undantag (sv) n

limiting qualification

• Bulgarian: уговорка (bg) f (ugovorka), резерва (bg) f (rezerva)
• Czech: výhrada (cs) f
• Danish: forbehold n
• Finnish: varaus (fi)
• French: réserve (fr) f
• German: Bedenken (de) f pl, Vorbehalt (de) m
• Greek: επιφύλαξη (el) f (epifýlaxi)
• Hungarian: fenntartás (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: agús m
• Lithuanian: abejonė (lt) f, išlyga f
• Norwegian: forbehold (no)
• Occitan: resèrva (oc) f
• Plautdietsch: Bedenkjen n
• Polish: zastrzeżenie (pl) n
• Russian: сомнение (ru) n (somnenije)
• Swedish: reservation (sv) c, förbehåll (sv) n, invändning (sv) c

tract of land

• Bulgarian: резерват m (rezervat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保留地 (zh) (bǎoliúdì)

• Finnish: reservaatti (fi)
• French: réserve (fr) f
• German: Reservat (de) n
• Japanese: 居留地 (きょりゅうち, kyoryūchi)
• Maori: whenua tāpui, whenua rāhui
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• Navajo: náhásdzo
• Occitan: resèrva (oc) f
• Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
• Russian: резерва́ция (ru) f (rezervácija)
• Slovene: rezervat m
• Spanish: reserva (es) f
• Swedish: reservat (sv) n

arrangement by which something is secured in advance

• Arabic: حَجْز (ar) m (ḥajz)
• Belarusian: рэзервава́нне n (rezjervavánnje), бранірава́нне n (braniravánnje), брані́раванне n (braníravannje)
• Bulgarian: резерва́ция (bg) f (rezervácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預約／预约 (zh) (yùyuē), 预约 (zh) (yùyuē)

• Czech: rezervace (cs) f
• Danish: reservation c
• Dutch: reservatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: rezervado
• Finnish: varaus (fi)
• French: réservation (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Reservierung (de) f
• Greek: κράτηση (el) f (krátisi)
• Italian: prenotazione (it) f
• Japanese: 予約 (ja) (よやく, yoyaku)
• Korean: 예약(豫約) (ko) (yeyak)
• Macedonian: резервација f (rezervacija)
• Malay: tempahan
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• Maltese: prenotazzjoni m
• Maori: tāpuitanga
• Occitan: reservacion f, resèrva (oc) f
• Polish: rezerwacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
• Romanian: rezervație (ro) f
• Russian: резерви́рование (ru) n (rezervírovanije), брони́рование (ru) n (bronírovanije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: резерва́ција f

  Roman: rezervácija (sh) f

• Slovak: rezervácia f
• Slovene: rezervacija f
• Spanish: reserva (es) f, reservación f
• Swedish: reservation (sv) c, bokning (sv) c
• Turkish: yer ayırtma, rezervasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: резервува́ння n (rezervuvánnja), бронюва́ння (uk) n (bronjuvánnja)
• Vietnamese: đặt (vi), đặt trước
• Wolof: reserwaasiyon
• Yiddish: רעזערוואַציע f (rezervatsye)

area that separates opposing traffic lanes

• Finnish: keskikaista
• French: terre-plein central m
• Greek: διαχωριστικό (el) n (diachoristikó)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: separador (pt) m
• Swedish: mittremsa (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} reserve (nl) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Vorbestellung f, ^{(please verify)} Vorbehalt (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} prenotazione (it) f

Anagrams

• veratrosine

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Middle French

Noun

reservation f (plural reservations)

1. reservation (limiting qualification)

Descendants

• English: reservation
• French: réservation
  • → Romanian: rezervație
  • → Turkish: rezervasyon