vacant

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.

   a vacant room

   vacant seats

   • 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.

   a vacant page

3. Showing no intelligence or interest.

   a vacant stare

   a vacant look in her eyes

Synonyms

• (Not occupied): available, empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied
• (Showing no intelligence or interest): vacuous

Derived terms

• situations vacant
• vacancy (noun)
• vacant lot
• vacantly (adverb)

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Van cat

Catalan

Verb

vacant

1. gerund of vacar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.kɑ̃/

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Adjective

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

1. vacant

Further reading

• “vacant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Latin

Verb

vacant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vacō

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈkaŋt/

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