vacant

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English

Etymology

From Old French vacant, from Latin vacans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveɪkənt/
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Adjective

vacant (comparative more vacant, superlative most vacant)

  1. Not occupied; empty.
    Synonyms: available, empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied; see also Thesaurus:uninhabited, Thesaurus:empty
    a vacant room
    a vacant consulate
    • 1892, E.K. Pearce, “Tweed Side”, in The Gentleman's magazine, page 171:
      Below and to rearward circles the Tweed, silver grey on a dark brown field. Beside its low banks no tourists linger, vacant hangs the quivering bridge; down the narrow lanes no carriages come pressing over a succession of waving hills []
  2. Blank.
    Synonyms: empty, featureless
    a vacant page
  3. Showing no intelligence or interest.
    Synonym: vacuous
    a vacant stare
    a vacant look in her eyes

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Catalan

Verb

vacant

  1. gerund of vacar

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

vacant (feminine vacante, masculine plural vacants, feminine plural vacantes)

  1. vacant

Further reading

Latin

Verb

vacant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of vacō

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Adjective

vacant

  1. vacant

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vacant, from Latin vacans.

Adjective

vacant m or n (feminine singular vacantă, masculine plural vacanți, feminine and neuter plural vacante)

  1. unoccupied

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite vacant vacantă vacanți vacante
definite vacantul vacanta vacanții vacantele
genitive-
dative
indefinite vacant vacante vacanți vacante
definite vacantului vacantei vacanților vacantelor