English → Latin
“vacant” in Latin
vacuusempty, vacant, unoccupied; devoid or free of; without; free; unoccupiedinānisempty, void, hollow; vain; purposeless, meaningless, worthless, useless, fruitless, empty, idleōtiōsusidle; unemployed; disengagednūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
The English word vacant itself goes back to Latin vacō, through vacāns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vacant
Empty, vacuus, inanis. A vacant house, domus inanis (unfurnished), vacua (uninhabited): aedes vacivae (not let or appropriated, Plaut.). The house is vacant, vacant aedes (Plaut.): the whole of the upper part of the house is vacant, tota domus superior vacat (Cic., Att., 12, 10). [Vid: also, EMPTY.]
Of an office not filled by a professor, vacuus.
Idle, listless, vacuus: otiosus (Cic.).
Void of knowledge, ignorant, nulla, litterarum cognitione imbutus; rudis ignarusque: plane indoctus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vacant?
- The usual Latin words for “vacant” are vacuus, inānis, ōtiōsus; also nūllus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.