English → Latin
“vacation” in Latin
fēriaea holy day; a festival; a holiday; a vacation; any occasion of rest, peace, or leisurescholaLeisure time given to learning; schooltime, classtime.; A school; a place for learning or instruction.; A student body;
The English word vacation itself goes back to Latin vacō, through vacātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vacation
feriae, plur., (general term): dies feriatus: (of schools), feriae scholasticae or scholarum: (☞ justitium was a total cessation from business in the courts of justice and elsewhere, by public appointment, on occasion of some great calamity or cause of mourning; therefore not = vacation, but rather = public mourning). Vid: HOLIDAY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vacation?
- The usual Latin words for “vacation” are fēriae, schola. 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.