vacation
English
/vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, /veɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- Freedom from some business or activity.
- (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
- (North America) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
- The act of vacating something; moving out.
- (US) The act of making legally void.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vacation derived from vacacioun derived from Old French vacacion derived from Latin vacātiō (privilege, freedom).
Origin
Latin
vacātiō
Gloss
privilege, freedom
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vacationland English
- Vacationlander English
- goer English
- microvacation English
- minivacation English
- nonvacation English
- postvacation English
- prevacation English
- vacationer English
- vacationgoer English
- vacationist English
- vacationland English
- vacationless English
- vacātiō Latin
- vacación Spanish, Castilian
- wakacje Polish
- vacation Middle English
- vacacion Old French
- вакації Ukrainian
- vacacioun xno