vacancy

English

Etymology

From vac(ant) +‎ -ancy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɪkənsi/

Noun

vacancy (countable and uncountable, 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 (zh) (kōngquē), 空職／空职, 空职 (kōngzhí), 空額／空额 (zh) (kòng'é), 空额 (zh) (kòng'é)

• Czech: volné místo n
• Dutch: vacature (nl) f
• Finnish: vakanssi (fi), avoin virka
• French: vacance (fr) f
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• Georgian: ვაკანსია (ka) (vaḳansia)
• German: Vakanz (de) f, freie Stelle f
• Japanese: 欠員 (けついん, ketsuin)
• Norman: vacanche f
• Portuguese: vaga (pt) f
• Russian: вака́нсия (ru) f (vakánsija)
• Zulu: isikhala class 7/8

available room

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空位 (zh) (kòngwèi, kōngwèi)

• Finnish: vapaa huone
• French: chambre libre f
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• Georgian: თავისუფალი ნომერი (tavisupali nomeri)
• German: freies Zimmer n
• Portuguese: vaga (pt) f
• Russian: свобо́дный но́мер m (svobódnyj nómer)
• Swedish: ledig plats c

empty space

• Finnish: vapaa paikka
• Georgian: სიცარიელე (sicariele), ცარიელი სივრცე (carieli sivrce)
• German: freier Platz m
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• Russian: свобо́дное ме́сто n (svobódnoje mésto)