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: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: año sabático m
• Swedish: sabbatsår (sv)

See also

• sabbatical