noun
Meaning 1
A vacation spent at or close to home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homecation, staycay
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
staycation
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /steɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
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General-American: /ˌsteɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
A vacation spent at or close to home.
A vacation spent at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homecation, staycay
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A vacation spent at or close to home.
A holiday spent in one's own country without travelling abroad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homecation, staycay
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To spend a vacation at or close to home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: staycate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To spend a vacation at or close to home.
To take a holiday in one's own country as opposed to travelling abroad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, informal, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: staycate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To spend a vacation at or close to home.
To spend a vacation at one's own home without other overnight accommodation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: staycate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
The noun is a blend of stay (at home) + vacation. The verb is derived from the noun.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 宅度假 (zháidùjià) — vacation spent at or close to home
- Danish: staycation — vacation spent at or close to home
- Dutch: thuisvakantie — vacation spent at or close to home
- Finnish: lähiloma — vacation spent at or close to home
- French: restances — vacation spent at or close to home
- French: balconville — vacation spent at or close to home
- German: Urlaub in/auf Balkonien — vacation spent at or close to home
- Greek: οικοδιακοπές (oikodiakopés) — vacation spent at or close to home
- Malay: cuti inap — vacation spent at or close to home
- Swedish: hemester — vacation spent at or close to home