reservation

See also réservation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French reservation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

reservation (plural reservations)

1. The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
2. Something that is withheld or kept back.
3. A limiting qualification (often used in the plural).

   I have reservations about your intentions.

4. (US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).
5. An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
6. (UK) the area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.

Synonyms

• booking (5)
• median (6)
• median strip (6)

Abbreviations

• res, rez (Indian reservation)

Related terms

• reserve

Translations

act of withholding

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保留 (cmn) (bǎoliú)

• German: Reservierung (de) f

• Japanese: 保留 (ja) (ほりゅう, horyū)
• Russian: оставление (ru) (ostavlénije) n, сохранение (ru) (soxranénije) n

something withheld

limiting qualification

• Czech: výhrada (cs) f
• German: Bedenken (de) f pl

• Greek: επιφύλαξη (el) (epifílaxi) f

tract of land

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保留地 (cmn) (bǎoliúdì)

• French: réserve (fr) f
• German: Reservat (de) n
• Japanese: 居留地 (ja) (きょりゅうち, kyoryūchi)

• Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
• Russian: резервация (ru) (rezervácija) f
• Slovene: rezervat (sl) m
• Swedish: reservat (sv) n

arrangement by which something is secured in advance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預約 (cmn), 预约 (cmn) (yùyuē)

• Dutch: reservatie (nl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Reservierung (de) f
• Greek: κράτηση (el) (krátisi) f
• Japanese: 予約 (ja) (よやく, yoyaku)

• Korean: 예약 (ko) (yeyak)
• Russian: резервирование (ru) (rezervírovanije) n, бронирование (ru) (bronírovanije) n
• Slovene: rezervacija f
• Spanish: reserva (es) f, reservación (es) f
• Turkish: yer ayırtma (tr), rezervasyon (tr)

area that separates opposing traffic lanes

• Greek: διαχωριστικό (el) (diachoristikó) n (diachoristikó)

• Swedish: mittremsa (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: reserve f
• Finnish: varaus (1,4), varaaminen (1), ehto (2), reservaatti (3)
• French: réservation f
• German: Vorbestellung f, Vorbehalt m

• Italian: prenotazione f
• Korean: 예약 (yeyak)
• Spanish: reservación f

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Middle French

Noun

reservation f (plural reservations)

1. reservation (limiting qualification)

Descendants

• English: reservation
• French: réservation