vacance

French

Etymology

From vacant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.kɑ̃s/

Noun

vacance f (plural vacances)

1. vacancy, free position
2. (plural only) holidays
3. vacation

Related terms

• vacances
• vacanter

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Vakanz
• → German: Vakanz
• → Italian: vacanza
  • → Ladino: vakansas
  • → Romanian: vacanță
• → Luxembourgish: Vakanz

Further reading

• “vacance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.