vocation

vocation

English

Etymology

From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /voʊˈkeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧tion

Noun

vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)

1. An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.

   Nursing is a vocation, which many people find horrendous.

Hypernyms

• job
• labour
• occupation
• work

Derived terms

• vocational

Related terms

• vocative

Translations

calling

Arabic: رِسَالَة‎ (risāla), نداء‎, اختيار لغرض دينيّ‎, دعوَة‎ Armenian: կոչում (hy) (kočʿum), հակում (hy) (hakum) Bulgarian: призва́ние (bg) n (prizvánie), влечение (bg) n (vlečenie) Catalan: vocació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 天職／天职 (zh) (tiānzhí) Danish: kald n Dutch: roeping (nl) f Esperanto: alvokiĝo Finnish: elämäntehtävä, kutsumus French: vocation (fr) f Georgian: პროფესია (ṗropesia), ხელობა (xeloba), მოწოდება (moc̣odeba) German: Berufung (de) f Greek: κλίση (el) f (klísi) Icelandic: köllun (is) f Japanese: 天職 (ja) (tenshoku) Norman: vocâtion f Portuguese: vocação (pt) f Romanian: vocație (ro) f, predispoziție (ro) f, chemare (ro) f Russian: призва́ние (ru) n (prizvánije) Spanish: vocación (es) f Swedish: kall (sv) Welsh: galwedigaeth (cy) f

occupation for which a person is suited

Arabic: حِرْفَة‎ (ḥirfa), مِهْنَة‎ (mihna) Egyptian Arabic: مهنة‎ f (mihna) Armenian: կոչում (hy) (kočʿum) Bulgarian: занимание (bg) n (zanimanie), професия (bg) f (profesija) Catalan: vocació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 職業／职业 (zh) (zhíyè) Czech: povolání (cs) n Esperanto: alvokiĝo Finnish: ammatti (fi) French: vocation (fr) f Georgian: მოწოდება (moc̣odeba), ხელობა (xeloba) German: Beruf (de) m Greek: επάγγελμα (el) n (epángelma) Hungarian: hivatás (hu) Indonesian: vokasi Italian: vocazione (it) f Japanese: 天職 (ja) (tenshoku) Norman: vocâtion f Plautdietsch: Beroop (nds) m Polish: powołanie (pl) n, posłannictwo n Portuguese: vocação (pt) f Romanian: ocupație (ro) f, vocație (ro) f Russian: призва́ние (ru) n (prizvánije) Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd f Spanish: profesión (es) f Swedish: kall (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: مِهْنَة‎ f (mihna) Dutch: (please verify) roeping (nl) f, (please verify) beroep (nl) n Italian: (please verify) vocazione (it) f Korean: (please verify) 직업 (ko) (jigeop)

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French

Etymology

From Old French vocation, borrowed from Latin vocātiō, vocātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

vocation f (plural vocations)

1. vocation (calling)
2. vocation (employment; career; work)

Related terms

• vocal
• vocatif
• voix

Further reading

• “vocation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vocatio, vocationem.

Noun

vocation f (oblique plural vocations, nominative singular vocation, nominative plural vocations)

1. call; calling; appeal
2. (specifically, euphemistic) passing away; death; an instance of dying