gap year

English

Noun

gap year (plural gap years)

1. A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.

Derived terms

• gap yah

Translations

yearlong break from study

Chinese: Mandarin: 間隔年 / 间隔年 (jiàngénián) Danish: sabbatår (da) n, fjumreår n Dutch: tussenjaar (nl) Finnish: välivuosi (fi) French: année sabbatique (fr) f Italian: anno di pausa m Norman: annouoiliéthe f Polish: gap year (pl) n Portuguese: ano sabático m Russian: промежуточный год m (promežutočnyj god), свободный год m (svobodnyj god) Spanish: año sabático m Swedish: sabbatsår (sv)

See also

• sabbatical