vocation

English

Etymology

From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /voʊˈkeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧tion

Noun

vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)

1. An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.

   Nursing is a vocation, which many people find horrendous.

Hypernyms

• job
• labour
• occupation
• work

Derived terms

• vocational

Related terms

• vocative

Translations

calling

• Arabic: رِسَالَة (risāla), نداء, اختيار لغرض دينيّ, دعوَة
• Armenian: կոչում (hy) (kočʻum), հակում (hy) (hakum)
• Bulgarian: призва́ние (bg) n (prizvánie), влечение (bg) n (vlečenie)
• Catalan: vocació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天職／天职 (zh) (tiānzhí)

• Danish: kald n
• Dutch: roeping (nl) f
• Esperanto: alvokiĝo
• Finnish: elämäntehtävä, kutsumus
• French: vocation (fr) f
• Georgian: პროფესია (ka) (ṗropesia), ხელობა (xeloba), მოწოდება (moc̣odeba)
• German: Berufung (de) f
• Greek: κλίση (el) f (klísi)
• Icelandic: köllun (is) f
• Japanese: 天職 (ja) (tenshoku)
• Norman: vocâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: kall n

• Portuguese: vocação (pt) f
• Romanian: vocație (ro) f, predispoziție (ro) f, chemare (ro) f
• Russian: призва́ние (ru) n (prizvánije)
• Spanish: vocación (es) f
• Swedish: kall (sv)
• Welsh: galwedigaeth (cy) f

occupation for which a person is suited

• Arabic: حِرْفَة (ḥirfa), مِهْنَة (mihna)

  Egyptian Arabic: مهنة f (mihna)

• Armenian: կոչում (hy) (kočʻum)
• Bulgarian: занимание (bg) n (zanimanie), професия (bg) f (profesija)
• Catalan: vocació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 職業／职业 (zh) (zhíyè)

• Czech: povolání (cs) n
• Esperanto: alvokiĝo
• Finnish: ammatti (fi)
• French: vocation (fr) f
• Georgian: მოწოდება (moc̣odeba), ხელობა (xeloba)
• German: Beruf (de) m
• Greek: επάγγελμα (el) n (epángelma)
• Hungarian: hivatás (hu)
• Indonesian: vokasi
• Italian: vocazione (it) f
• Japanese: 天職 (ja) (tenshoku)
• Norman: vocâtion f
• Plautdietsch: Beroop (nds) m
• Polish: powołanie (pl) n, posłannictwo n
• Portuguese: vocação (pt) f
• Romanian: ocupație (ro) f, vocație (ro) f
• Russian: призва́ние (ru) n (prizvánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd f
• Spanish: profesión (es) f
• Swedish: kall (sv)

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

• Arabic: مِهْنَة f (mihna)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} beroep (nl) n
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} vocazione (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 직업 (ko) (jigeop)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vocation, borrowed from Latin vocātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

vocation f (plural vocations)

1. vocation (calling)
2. vocation (employment; career; work)

Related terms

• vocal
• vocatif
• voix

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vocatio, vocationem.

Noun

vocation oblique singular, f (oblique plural vocations, nominative singular vocation, nominative plural vocations)

1. call; calling; appeal
2. (specifically, euphemistic) passing away; death; an instance of dying