vacation

See also: VACation

English

Etymology

From Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, /veɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
(General American) enPR: vā-kā'shən, IPA^(key): /veɪˈkeɪʃən/, /vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən, -eɪʃn
Hyphenation: va‧ca‧tion

Noun

vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)

Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th–17th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  The first exploited his, sundrie waies, and excelleth in military exploits, and utilitie of his publike vacations.
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]
(Canada, US) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]
An extended period of time away from work or school.
Spring vacation offers a good opportunity to travel.
The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]
The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
(US, law) The act of making legally void.

Synonyms

(freedom from some activity): holiday (Commonwealth)
(free time given over to a specific purpose): annulment, revocation
(a stretch of leisure time away from work): holiday (Commonwealth); see also Thesaurus:vacation
(act of vacating something): departure, moveout

Derived terms

Translations

freedom from some business or activity

Bulgarian: вака́нция (bg) f (vakáncija)
Czech: prázdniny (cs) f pl
French: vacances (fr) f or pl
Hungarian: szünet (hu)
Latin: cessātiō f
Portuguese: férias (pt)

official holiday period

Belarusian: кані́кулы f pl (kaníkuly)
Bulgarian: вака́нция (bg) f (vakáncija)
Catalan: vacança (ca) f
Danish: ferie (da) c
Estonian: puhkus
Finnish: loma (fi)
French: vacances (fr) f or pl
Georgian: არდადეგები (ardadegebi)
German: Ferien (de) f pl
Hebrew: חופשה \ חֻפְשָׁה (he) f (khufshá)
Hungarian: szabadság (hu), munkaszünet (hu), pihenőidő (hu)
Italian: vacanza (it) f, feria (it) f
Latin: fēriae f pl
Macedonian: распуст m (raspust)
Portuguese: feriado (pt), féria (pt) f
Russian: кани́кулы (ru) f pl (kaníkuly)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: prozniny pl, ferije pl
Spanish: vacación (es) f, feriado (es) m
Swedish: lov (sv) n (schools and universities), ferie (sv) c (schools)
Ukrainian: кані́кули f pl (kaníkuly)
Vietnamese: nghỉ lễ

holiday, period of leisure time

Albanian: pushim (sq) m
Arabic: عُطْلَة f (ʕuṭla), إِجَازَة f (ʔijāza)
Hijazi Arabic: إجازة f (ʔijāza)
Armenian: արձակուրդ (hy) (arjakurd)
Azerbaijani: məzuniyyət (az) pl, tətil (az)
Basque: opor
Belarusian: адпачы́нак m (adpačýnak), во́дпуск m (vódpusk), кані́кулы f pl (kaníkuly) (students, MP's)
Bulgarian: вака́нция (bg) f (vakáncija), о́тпуска (bg) f (ótpuska), о́тпуск (bg) m (ótpusk)
Burmese: အားလပ်ရက် (a:lap-rak), အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် (my) (a.luppitrak)
Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏦᏪᏐᎸᏍᏛ (unatsowesolvsdv)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 假期 (gaa³ kei⁴)

Mandarin: 假期 (zh) (jiàqī)
Czech: prázdniny (cs) f pl (at school), dovolená (cs) f (at work), dovolená (cs) f
Danish: ferie (da) c
Dutch: vakantie (nl) f
Esperanto: libertempo
Estonian: puhkus
Finnish: loma (fi), vapaapäivä (fi)
French: vacances (fr) f or pl
Galician: vacacións f pl
Georgian: არდადეგები (ardadegebi)
German: Ferien (de) f pl, Urlaub (de) m
Greek: διακοπές (el) f pl (diakopés)
Hebrew: חופש \ חֹפֶשׁ (he) m (khófesh)
Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī)
Hungarian: szabadság (hu), vakáció (hu), szünidő (hu), nyaralás (hu)
Icelandic: frí (is) n
Ido: vakanco (io)
Interlingua: vacantia
Italian: vacanza (it) f
Japanese: 休暇 (ja) (きゅうか, kyūka), 休み (ja) (やすみ, yasumi), バカンス (ja) (bakansu), ヴァカンス (vakansu), バケーション (ja) (bakēshon)
Kazakh: демалыс (demalys)
Khmer: រហែ (km) (rɔhae), ល្ហែ (km) (lhae)
Korean: 휴가(休暇) (ko) (hyuga)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: betlane (ku), tatîl (ku)
Kyrgyz: отпуск (ky) (otpusk), дем алыш (ky) (dem alış)
Ladino: vakansas
Lao: ຍາມພັກ (nyām phak), ມື້ພັກ (lo) (mư̄ phak)
Latin: cessātiō, fēriae f pl
Latvian: brīvdiena f
Lithuanian: atóstogos (lt) f
Macedonian: одмор (mk) m (odmor)
Malay: cuti (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: амралт (mn) (amralt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ferie (no) m

Nynorsk: ferie m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: تَعْطیل (ta'til), تَعْطیلات (ta'tilât)
Plautdietsch: Vakassion m
Polish: wakacje (pl) pl
Portuguese: férias (pt) f pl, vacação (pt) f, tolerância (pt)
Quechua: samay pacha
Romanian: vacanță (ro) f
Russian: о́тпуск (ru) m (ótpusk), (students, MP's) кани́кулы (ru) f pl (kaníkuly), (short, may be unpaid) отгу́л (ru) m (otgúl)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра́спуст m, о̀дмор m, фе̑рије f pl, пра̑знӣк m

Roman: ráspust (sh) m, òdmor (sh) m, fȇrije (sh) f pl, prȃznīk (sh) m
Slovak: dovolenka f
Slovene: dopust m, počitnice f pl
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: prozniny pl, ferije pl, dowol m
Spanish: vacaciones (es) f pl, vacación (es) f
Swedish: semester (sv) c, ledighet (sv) c
Tajik: таътил (tg) (taʾtil)
Thai: วันหยุด (th) (wan-yùt)
Tibetan: གུང་གསེང (gung gseng)
Turkish: tatil (tr)
Turkmen: dynç alyş, kanikul (students)
Ukrainian: відпу́стка f (vidpústka), кані́кули f pl (kaníkuly) (students, MP's)
Urdu: چُھٹّی f (chuṭṭī), تَعْطِیل f (ta'tīl), تَعْطِیلات f pl (ta'tīlāt)
Uyghur: دەم ئېلىش (dem ëlish)
Uzbek: otpuska (uz), dam olish, taʻtil
Vietnamese: kỳ nghỉ, nghỉ hè (vi)
Yiddish: וואַקאַציע f (vakatsye)

the act of vacating something; moving out of something

Bulgarian: опра́зване (bg) n (oprázvane), освобожда́ване (bg) n (osvoboždávane)
Danish: fratrædelse c, fraflytning c
Estonian: vabastamine
Finnish: tyhjentäminen (fi), hylkääminen (fi), jättäminen (fi), poismuutto, lähtö (fi)
Georgian: გათავისუფლება (gatavisupleba)
German: Preisgabe (de) f
Hungarian: kiürítés (hu), kiköltözés (hu), (becoming or being vacant) megüresedés (hu), üresedés (hu), betöltetlenség
Macedonian: испразнување n (ispraznuvanje), ослободување n (osloboduvanje), оставање n (ostavanje)
Portuguese: vacação (pt) f, vagação f, vacatura (pt) f, vagatura f
Russian: освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije), оставле́ние (ru) n (ostavlénije)
Spanish: vacación (es) f (rare), vacatura f

the act of making legally void

Estonian: tühistamine, annuleerimine
Finnish: mitätöinti (fi)
Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba)
German: Annullierung (de) f
Hungarian: érvénytelenítés (hu), megsemmisítés (hu), hatályon kívül helyezés
Japanese: 休廷 (きゅうてい, kyūtei)
Macedonian: поништување n (poništuvanje)
Romanian: anulare (ro), golire (ro)
Russian: отме́на (ru) f (otména)

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

Italian: ^{(please verify)} vacanza (it) f (1)

Verb

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)