"vacance" meaning in French

See vacance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /va.kɑ̃s/ Forms: vacances [plural]
Etymology: From vaquer + -ance. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|vaquer|-ance}} vaquer + -ance Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} vacance f (plural vacances)
  1. vacancy Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-vacance-fr-noun-UfNiq9lI Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. (plural only) holidays, vacation Tags: feminine, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-vacance-fr-noun-YYvckCPR Categories (other): French pluralia tantum, French terms with collocations, French terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ance: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vacant

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Antillean Creole",
      "lang_code": "gcf",
      "word": "vakans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "vakans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "vakans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Alemannic German",
      "lang_code": "gsw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Vakanz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Vakanz"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "vakansas"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "vacanță"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vacanza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bakansu",
      "word": "バカンス"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "lang_code": "lb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Vakanz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vakans"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "vaquer",
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    ],
    [
      "-ance",
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    ]
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From vaquer + -ance.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vacances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "vacance f (plural vacances)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vacant"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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          "name": "French terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "65 35",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "la vacance du pouvoir",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vacancy"
      ],
      "id": "en-vacance-fr-noun-UfNiq9lI",
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        [
          "vacancy",
          "vacancy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French pluralia tantum",
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        },
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          "name": "French terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
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          "name": "French terms suffixed with -ance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "english": "holiday fling",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "amour de vacances",
          "translation": "holiday fling",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "summer camp",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "colonie de vacances",
          "translation": "summer camp",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "holiday allowance bonus",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "pécule de vacances",
          "translation": "holiday allowance bonus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-vacance-fr-noun-YYvckCPR",
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        ],
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          "vacation"
        ]
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        "(plural only) holidays, vacation"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/va.kɑ̃s/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vacance"
}
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    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms suffixed with -ance",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "lang_code": "gcf",
      "word": "vakans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "vakans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "vakans"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Alemannic German",
      "lang_code": "gsw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Vakanz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
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          "lang_code": "lad",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "vakansas"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "vacanță"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vacanza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bakansu",
      "word": "バカンス"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "lang_code": "lb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Vakanz"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vakans"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "vaquer",
      "vaquer#French"
    ],
    [
      "-ance",
      "-ance#French"
    ]
  ],
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        "3": "-ance"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From vaquer + -ance.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vacances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "vacance f (plural vacances)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "vacant"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with collocations",
        "Requests for translations of French usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "la vacance du pouvoir",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vacancy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vacancy",
          "vacancy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "French pluralia tantum",
        "French terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "english": "holiday fling",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "amour de vacances",
          "translation": "holiday fling",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "summer camp",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "colonie de vacances",
          "translation": "summer camp",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "holiday allowance bonus",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "pécule de vacances",
          "translation": "holiday allowance bonus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "holidays, vacation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "holidays",
          "holidays"
        ],
        [
          "vacation",
          "vacation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural only) holidays, vacation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/va.kɑ̃s/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vacance"
}

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