vacat

English

Alternative forms

• vac. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vacat (“it is empty”).

Phrase

vacat

1. (palaeography) Indicates a willingly empty portion of an inscription.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəˈkat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈkat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vaˈkat]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [baˈkat]

Participle

vacat (feminine vacada, masculine plural vacats, feminine plural vacades)

1. past participle of vacar

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwa.kat]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.kat]

Verb

vacat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of vacō

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwa.kaːt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.kat]

Verb

vacāt

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of vacō