reservation

See also: réservation

English

Etymology

From Middle French reservation.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzɚˈveɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations)

The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
Something that is withheld or kept back.
(often plural) A limiting qualification; a doubt.
I have reservations about your intentions.
(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
(Britain) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.
(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).

Synonyms

(advance arrangement): booking
(central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip

Abbreviations

res, rez (Indian reservation)

Related terms

reserve

Translations

act of withholding

Chinese:
Mandarin: 保留 (zh) (bǎoliú)
Finnish: varaaminen (fi)
French: réservation (fr) f
German: Reservierung (de) f

Japanese: 保留 (ja) (ほりゅう, horyū)
Occitan: reservacion f
Portuguese: reserva (pt) f, reservação f
Russian: оставле́ние (ru) n (ostavlénije), сохране́ние (ru) n (soxranénije)
Swedish: reservation (sv) c

something withheld

Finnish: pidätys (fi), pidättäminen (fi)
French: réservation (fr) f

Occitan: reservacion f, resèrva f
Swedish: undantag (sv) n

limiting qualification

Czech: výhrada (cs) f
Danish: forbehold n
Finnish: varaus (fi)
French: réserve (fr) f
German: Bedenken (de) f pl, Vorbehalt (de) m
Greek: επιφύλαξη (el) f (epifýlaxi)
Hungarian: fenntartás (hu)

Irish: agús m
Lithuanian: abejonė (lt) f, išlyga f
Norwegian: forbehold (no)
Occitan: resèrva f
Russian: сомнение (ru) n (somnenije)
Swedish: reservation (sv) c, förbehåll (sv) n, invändning (sv) c

tract of land

Chinese:
Mandarin: 保留地 (zh) (bǎoliúdì)
Finnish: reservaatti
French: réserve (fr) f
German: Reservat (de) n
Japanese: 居留地 (きょりゅうち, kyoryūchi)
Maori: whenua tāpui, whenua rāhui

Navajo: náhásdzo
Occitan: resèrva f
Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
Russian: резерва́ция (ru) f (rezervácija)
Slovene: rezervat m
Swedish: reservat (sv) n

arrangement by which something is secured in advance

Arabic: حَجَز‎‎ m (ḥajaz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 預約 (zh), 预约 (zh) (yùyuē)
Dutch: reservatie (nl) f
Finnish: varaus (fi)
French: réservation (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Reservierung (de) f
Greek: κράτηση (el) f (krátisi)
Japanese: 予約 (ja) (よやく, yoyaku)

Korean: 예약 (ko) (yeyak)
Maori: tāpuitanga
Occitan: reservacion f, resèrva f
Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
Russian: резерви́рование (ru) n (rezervírovanije), брони́рование (ru) n (bronírovanije)
Slovene: rezervacija f
Spanish: reserva (es) f, reservación f
Swedish: reservation (sv) c, bokning c
Turkish: yer ayırtma, rezervasyon (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

area that separates opposing traffic lanes

Finnish: keskikaista
Greek: διαχωριστικό (el) n (diachoristikó)

Swedish: mittremsa (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} reserve (nl) f
German: ^{(please verify)} Vorbestellung f, ^{(please verify)} Vorbehalt (de) m

Italian: ^{(please verify)} prenotazione (it) f

Anagrams

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Middle French

Noun

reservation f (plural reservations)

reservation (limiting qualification)

Descendants

English: reservation
French: réservation

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