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): (Central) [bəˈkat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈkat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vaˈkat]

Participle

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

1. past participle of vacar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.kat/, [ˈu̯äkät̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.kat/, [ˈväːkät̪]

Verb

vacat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of vacō