vacation
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)vacations
- leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure“we get two weeks of vacation every summer”“we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico”Synonyms: holidayType of leisure, leisure timeKinds honeymoon, field day, paid vacation, vac, winter break, half-term
- the act of making something legally voidType of abrogation, repeal
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Translations
Noun period of leisure time
- German
- Urlaub
- Italian
- vacanza
- Portuguese
- férias
- Turkish
- tatil
- Russian
- о́тпуск ótpusk
- Arabic
- عُطْلَة ʕuṭla
- Chinese
- 假期 jiàqī
- Japanese
- 休暇 kyūka
- Dutch
- vakantie
- Polish
- urlop
19 more languages
- Swedish
- semester
- Greek
- διακοπές diakopés
- Korean
- 휴가 hyuga
- Hungarian
- vakáció
- Portuguese (PT)
- férias
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 假期 jiàqī
- Albanian
- pushim
- Czech
- dovolená
- Danish
- ferie
- Esperanto
- libertempo
- Estonian
- puhkus
- Finnish
- loma
- Georgian
- არდადეგები ardadegebi
- Icelandic
- frí
- Norwegian
- ferie
- Romanian
- vacanță
- Slovak
- dovolenka
- Swahili
- likizo
- Yiddish
- וואַקאַציע vakatsye
Noun official holiday period
Verb to spend or take a vacation
- Spanish
- vacacionar
- Swedish
- semestra
- Vietnamese
- nghỉ mát
- Hungarian
- vakációzik
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 度假 dùjià
- Esperanto
- ferii
- Finnish
- lomailla
- Georgian
- დასვენება dasveneba
- Norwegian
- feriere
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.
1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy.— John Gorham Palfrey
Hence, specifically: -
(a) Law Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. “With lawyers in the vacation.” William Shakespeare
(b) A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school); as, the spring vacation; to spend one's vacation travelling; to paint the house while on vacation. Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday.
(c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. Church, the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC