vacances
French, noun/va.kɑ̃s/
vacances is spelled V-A-C-A-N-C-E-S (8 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written French, the 1,026th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacances is a French feminine noun meaning “plural of vacance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Période de repos, durant un certain nombre de jours, accordée à des employés dans une entreprise, à des…”.
What does vacances mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of vacance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Période de repos, durant un certain nombre de jours, accordée à des employés dans une entreprise, à des élèves dans une école, etc. 2. Par extensions, période où les députés ne peuvent pas siéger au parlement, entre deux sessions parlementaires.
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.
How do you pronounce vacances?
- /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 vacances
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vacances in French?
vacances appears 81 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).