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vacation

/veɪˈkeɪʃən/vay-KAY-shuhn
/veɪˈkeɪʃən/vay-KAY-shuhn

Meaningan emptying

Common meaning: a holiday

Other meanings: time off

Journey through time

  1. Latinvacō; vacuus‘to be empty’
  2. Frenchvacation
  3. Englishvacation‘a holiday’ · today

vac also in: vacantvacuumvoidavoidevacuate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vacō; vacuus ‘to be empty’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vacō, p. 1950 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

avoidevacuatevacantvacuumvoid

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