vacation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American: /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American: /vəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• India: /ʋe.keː.ʃən/
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• India: /ʋɪ.keː.ʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: V EY0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.

From VAC, initials of the Valve Anti-Cheat software, and vacation.

249 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: vakantie — trip away from home
• German: Urlaub — trip away from home
• Hungarian: nyaralás — trip away from home
• Icelandic: frí — trip away from home
• Irish: saoire — trip away from home
• Polish: wakacje — trip away from home
• Polish: wczasy — trip away from home
• Swedish: semester — trip away from home
• Albanian: pushim — period of leisure time
• Arabic: عُطْلَة (ʕuṭla) — period of leisure time
• Arabic: إِجَازَة (ʔijāza) — period of leisure time
• Arabic: إجازة (ʔijāza) — period of leisure time
• Armenian: արձակուրդ (arjakurd) — period of leisure time
• Azerbaijani: məzuniyyət — period of leisure time
• Azerbaijani: tətil — period of leisure time
• Basque: opor — period of leisure time
• Belarusian: адпачы́нак (adpačýnak) — period of leisure time
• Belarusian: во́дпуск (vódpusk) — period of leisure time
• Belarusian: кані́кулы (kaníkuly) — period of leisure time
• Bulgarian: вака́нция (vakáncija) — period of leisure time
• Bulgarian: о́тпуска (ótpuska) — period of leisure time
• Bulgarian: о́тпуск (ótpusk) — period of leisure time
• Burmese: အားလပ်ရက် (a:lap-rak) — period of leisure time
• Burmese: အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် (a.luppitrak) — period of leisure time
• Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏦᏪᏐᎸᏍᏛ (unatsowesolvsdv) — period of leisure time
• Chinese Cantonese: 假期 (gaa3 kei4) — period of leisure time
• Chinese Mandarin: 假期 (jiàqī) — period of leisure time
• Czech: prázdniny — period of leisure time
• Czech: dovolená — period of leisure time
• Danish: ferie — period of leisure time
• Dutch: vakantie — period of leisure time
• Esperanto: libertempo — period of leisure time
• Estonian: puhkus — period of leisure time
• Finnish: loma — period of leisure time
• Finnish: vapaapäivä — period of leisure time
• French: vacances — period of leisure time
• Galician: vacacións — period of leisure time
• Georgian: არდადეგები (ardadegebi) — period of leisure time
• German: Ferien — period of leisure time
• German: Urlaub — period of leisure time
• Greek: διακοπές (diakopés) — period of leisure time
• Hebrew: חופש \ חֹפֶשׁ (khófesh) — period of leisure time
• Hindi: छुट्टी (chuṭṭī) — period of leisure time
• Hungarian: szabadság — period of leisure time
• Hungarian: vakáció — period of leisure time
• Hungarian: szünidő — period of leisure time
• Icelandic: frí — period of leisure time
• Ido: vakanco — period of leisure time
• Interlingua: vacantia — period of leisure time
• Irish: saoire — period of leisure time
• Italian: vacanza — period of leisure time
• Japanese: 休暇 (kyūka) — period of leisure time
• Japanese: 休み (yasumi) — period of leisure time
• Japanese: バカンス (bakansu) — period of leisure time
• Japanese: ヴァカンス (vakansu) — period of leisure time
• Japanese: バケーション (bakēshon) — period of leisure time
• Kazakh: демалыс (demalys) — period of leisure time
• Khmer: រហែ (rɔɔrɔhae) — period of leisure time
• Khmer: ល្ហែ (lhae) — period of leisure time
• Korean: 휴가 (hyuga) — period of leisure time
• Northern Kurdish: betlane — period of leisure time
• Northern Kurdish: tatîl — period of leisure time
• Kyrgyz: отпуск (otpusk) — period of leisure time
• Kyrgyz: дем алыш (dem alış) — period of leisure time
• Ladino: vakansas — period of leisure time
• Lao: ຍາມພັກ (nyām phak) — period of leisure time
• Lao: ມື້ພັກ (mư̄ phak) — period of leisure time
• Latin: cessātiō — period of leisure time
• Latin: fēriae — period of leisure time
• Latvian: brīvdiena — period of leisure time
• Lithuanian: atóstogos — period of leisure time
• Macedonian: одмор (odmor) — period of leisure time
• Malay: cuti — period of leisure time
• Maltese: vaganza, btala — period of leisure time
• Mongolian: амралт (amralt) — period of leisure time
• Norwegian Bokmål: ferie — period of leisure time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ferie — period of leisure time
• Iranian Persian: تَعْطیل (ta'til) — period of leisure time
• Iranian Persian: تَعْطیلات (ta'tilât) — period of leisure time
• Plautdietsch: Vakassion — period of leisure time
• Polish: urlop — period of leisure time
• Polish: wakacje — period of leisure time
• Polish: wczasy — period of leisure time
• Portuguese: férias — period of leisure time
• Portuguese: vacação — period of leisure time
• Portuguese: tolerância — period of leisure time
• Quechua: samay pacha — period of leisure time
• Romanian: vacanță — period of leisure time
• Russian: о́тпуск (ótpusk) — period of leisure time
• Russian: кани́кулы (kaníkuly) — period of leisure time
• Russian: отгу́л (otgúl) — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́спуст — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀дмор — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: фе̑рије — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: пра̑знӣк — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: ráspust — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: òdmor — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: fȇrije — period of leisure time
• Serbo-Croatian: prȃznīk — period of leisure time
• Sikkimese: གུང་སེང (gung seng) — period of leisure time
• Slovak: dovolenka — period of leisure time
• Slovene: dopust — period of leisure time
• Slovene: počitnice — period of leisure time
• Lower Sorbian: prozniny — period of leisure time
• Lower Sorbian: ferije — period of leisure time
• Lower Sorbian: dowol — period of leisure time
• Spanish: vacaciones — period of leisure time
• Spanish: vacación — period of leisure time
• Swedish: semester — period of leisure time
• Swedish: ledighet — period of leisure time
• Tajik: таътил (ta'til) — period of leisure time
• Thai: วันหยุด (wan-yùt) — period of leisure time
• Tibetan: གུང་གསེང (gung gseng) — period of leisure time
• Turkish: tatil — period of leisure time
• Turkmen: dynç alyş — period of leisure time
• Turkmen: kanikul — period of leisure time
• Ukrainian: відпу́стка (vidpústka) — period of leisure time
• Ukrainian: кані́кули (kaníkuly) — period of leisure time
• Urdu: چُھٹّی (chuṭṭī) — period of leisure time
• Urdu: تَعْطِیل (ta'tīl) — period of leisure time
• Urdu: تَعْطِیلات (ta'tīlāt) — period of leisure time
• Uyghur: دەم ئېلىش (dem ëlish) — period of leisure time
• Uzbek: otpuska — period of leisure time
• Uzbek: dam olish — period of leisure time
• Uzbek: taʻtil — period of leisure time
• Vietnamese: kì nghỉ — period of leisure time
• Yiddish: וואַקאַציע (vakatsye) — period of leisure time
• Belarusian: кані́кулы (kaníkuly) — official holiday period
• Bulgarian: вака́нция (vakáncija) — official holiday period
• Catalan: vacança — official holiday period
• Danish: ferie — official holiday period
• Dutch: vakantie — official holiday period
• Estonian: puhkus — official holiday period
• Finnish: loma — official holiday period
• French: vacances — official holiday period
• Georgian: არდადეგები (ardadegebi) — official holiday period
• German: Ferien — official holiday period
• Hebrew: חופשה \ חֻפְשָׁה (khufshá) — official holiday period
• Hungarian: szabadság — official holiday period
• Hungarian: munkaszünet — official holiday period
• Hungarian: pihenőidő — official holiday period
• Icelandic: frí — official holiday period
• Irish: laethanta saoire — official holiday period
• Italian: vacanza — official holiday period
• Italian: feria — official holiday period
• Latin: fēriae — official holiday period
• Macedonian: распуст (raspust) — official holiday period
• Polish: święto — official holiday period
• Portuguese: feriado — official holiday period
• Portuguese: féria — official holiday period
• Russian: кани́кулы (kaníkuly) — official holiday period
• Sikkimese: གུང་སེང (gung seng) — official holiday period
• Lower Sorbian: prozniny — official holiday period
• Lower Sorbian: ferije — official holiday period
• Spanish: vacación — official holiday period
• Spanish: vacaciones — official holiday period
• Spanish: vacatura — official holiday period
• Swedish: lov — official holiday period
• Swedish: ferie — official holiday period
• Ukrainian: кані́кули (kaníkuly) — official holiday period
• Vietnamese: nghỉ lễ — official holiday period
• Bulgarian: опра́зване (oprázvane) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Bulgarian: освобожда́ване (osvoboždávane) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Danish: fratrædelse — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Danish: fraflytning — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Estonian: vabastamine — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Finnish: tyhjentäminen — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Finnish: hylkääminen — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Finnish: jättäminen — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Finnish: poismuutto — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Finnish: lähtö — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Georgian: გათავისუფლება (gatavisupleba) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• German: Preisgabe — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Hungarian: kiürítés — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Hungarian: kiköltözés — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Hungarian: megüresedés — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Hungarian: üresedés — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Hungarian: betöltetlenség — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Macedonian: испразнување (ispraznuvanje) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Macedonian: ослободување (osloboduvanje) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Macedonian: оставање (ostavanje) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Polish: opróżnienie — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Polish: opuszczenie — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Portuguese: vacação — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Portuguese: vagação — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Portuguese: vacatura — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Portuguese: vagatura — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Russian: освобожде́ние (osvoboždénije) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Russian: оставле́ние (ostavlénije) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Spanish: vacación — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Ottoman Turkish: تخلیه (tahliye) — the act of vacating something; moving out of something
• Estonian: tühistamine — the act of making legally void
• Estonian: annuleerimine — the act of making legally void
• Finnish: mitätöinti — the act of making legally void
• Georgian: გაუქმება (gaukmeba) — the act of making legally void
• German: Annullierung — the act of making legally void
• Hungarian: érvénytelenítés — the act of making legally void
• Hungarian: megsemmisítés — the act of making legally void
• Hungarian: hatályon kívül helyezés — the act of making legally void
• Japanese: 休廷 (kyūtei) — the act of making legally void
• Macedonian: поништување (poništuvanje) — the act of making legally void
• Polish: anulowanie — the act of making legally void
• Romanian: anulare — the act of making legally void
• Romanian: golire — the act of making legally void
• Russian: отме́на (otména) — the act of making legally void
• Bulgarian: вака́нция (vakáncija) — freedom from some business or activity
• Czech: prázdniny — freedom from some business or activity
• French: vacances — freedom from some business or activity
• Hungarian: szünet — freedom from some business or activity
• Latin: cessātiō — freedom from some business or activity
• Polish: wakacje — freedom from some business or activity
• Polish: wczasy — freedom from some business or activity
• Portuguese: férias — freedom from some business or activity
• Catalan: fer vacances — to spend or take a vacation
• Danish: tage på ferie — to spend or take a vacation
• Danish: holde ferie — to spend or take a vacation
• Dutch: op vakantie gaan — to spend or take a vacation
• Esperanto: ferii — to spend or take a vacation
• Finnish: lomailla — to spend or take a vacation
• Finnish: viettää lomaa — to spend or take a vacation
• Finnish: viettää loma — to spend or take a vacation
• French: aller en vacances — to spend or take a vacation
• Galician: ir de vacacións — to spend or take a vacation
• German: Urlaub machen — to spend or take a vacation
• German: Ferien machen — to spend or take a vacation
• Hungarian: szabadságra megy — to spend or take a vacation
• Hungarian: szabadságot vesz ki — to spend or take a vacation
• Hungarian: szabadságát tölti — to spend or take a vacation
• Hungarian: vakációzik — to spend or take a vacation
• Hungarian: nyaral — to spend or take a vacation
• Hungarian: üdül — to spend or take a vacation
• Icelandic: fara í frí — to spend or take a vacation
• Irish: dul ar saoire — to spend or take a vacation
• Italian: andare in vacanza — to spend or take a vacation
• Japanese: 休暇を取る (kyūka o toru) — to spend or take a vacation
• Japanese: 休みを取る (yasumi o toru) — to spend or take a vacation
• Macedonian: о́дмора (ódmora) — to spend or take a vacation
• Macedonian: ко́ристи го́дишен о́дмор (kóristi gódišen ódmor) — to spend or take a vacation
• Polish: spędzać wakacje — to spend or take a vacation
• Polish: spędzić wakacje — to spend or take a vacation
• Polish: wczasować się — to spend or take a vacation
• Portuguese: sair de férias — to spend or take a vacation
• Russian: проводи́ть о́тпуск (provodítʹ ótpusk) — to spend or take a vacation
• Russian: провести́ о́тпуск (provestí ótpusk) — to spend or take a vacation
• Spanish: vacacionar — to spend or take a vacation
• Swedish: semestra — to spend or take a vacation
• Vietnamese: đi nghỉ — to spend or take a vacation
• Vietnamese: nghỉ mát — to spend or take a vacation
• Welsh: mynd ar wyliau — to spend or take a vacation