vacance
French, noun/va.kɑ̃s/
vacance is spelled V-A-C-A-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacance is a French feminine noun meaning “vacancy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d'une charge, d'une dignité, d'un poste vacant”.
What does vacance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevacancy
la vacance du pouvoir
- 2
feminineholidays, vacation
amour de vacances
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d'une charge, d'une dignité, d'un poste vacant. 2. Temps pendant lequel les études cessent dans les écoles, dans les collèges et dans les lycées. 3. Temps de repos qui est accordé à des employés dans un magasin, dans une banque, dans un établissement public ou privé, quel qu’il soit. 4. Toute interruption que l’on s’accorde dans ses occupations ordinaires.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vacance
- vacances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vacance?
- /va.kɑ̃s/
- \va.kɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vacance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vacance in French?
vacance appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).