vocation

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

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

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• Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧tion

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.

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

   Nursing is a vocation, which many people find horrendous.

• job
• labour
• occupation
• work

• vocational

• vocative

Inherited from Old French vocation, borrowed from Latin vocātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/

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vocation f (plural vocations)

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

• vocal
• vocatif
• voix

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

Borrowed from Latin vocatio, vocationem.

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

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