reservation

See also: réservation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French reservation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən/
• 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.
3. (often in the plural) A limiting qualification; a doubt.

   I have reservations about your intentions.

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

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

6. (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.

7. (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

Abbreviations

• res, rez (Indian reservation)

Related terms

• mental reservation
• reserve

Translations

act of withholding

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保留 (zh) (bǎoliú)

• Danish: reservation c
• Esperanto: rezervado
• Finnish: varaaminen (fi)
• French: réservation (fr) f
• German: Reservierung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

• Finnish: pidätys (fi), pidättäminen (fi)
• French: réservation (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: reservacion f, resèrva f
• Swedish: undantag (sv) n

limiting qualification

• 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 f
• Russian: сомнение (ru) n (somnenije)
• Swedish: reservation (sv) c, förbehåll (sv) n, invändning (sv) c

tract of land

• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: náhásdzo
• Occitan: resèrva f
• Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
• Russian: резерва́ция (ru) f (rezervácija)
• Slovene: rezervat m
• Swedish: reservat (sv) n

arrangement by which something is secured in advance

• Arabic: حَجَز (ar) m (ḥajaz)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: reservation
• 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)
• Japanese: 予約 (ja) (よやく, yoyaku)
• Korean: 예약 (ko) (yeyak)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: tāpuitanga
• Occitan: reservacion f, resèrva f
• Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
• Russian: резерви́рование (ru) n (rezervírovanije), брони́рование (ru) n (bronírovanije)
• Slovene: rezervacija f
• Spanish: reserva (es) f, reservación f
• Swedish: reservation (sv) c, bokning c
• Turkish: yer ayırtma, rezervasyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Wolof: reserwaasiyon

area that separates opposing traffic lanes

• Finnish: keskikaista
• Greek: διαχωριστικό (el) n (diachoristikó)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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