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vapaa

Pronunciation: /ˈʋɑpɑː/

“vapaa” is a Finnish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. free (not imprisoned, enslaved or subjugated)
  2. free (unconstrained)
  3. free (with freedom, liberty)
  4. free, loose (released, not restrained)
  5. free, off (without obligations)
  6. spare, free (not filled with activity or work)
  7. vacant, free, unoccupied
  8. free (unattached, uncombined)
  9. freelance (working as a freelancer)
  10. unmarried, single, available
  11. free-range (of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors)
  12. free (without physical support)
  13. unreleased, not pressed (e.g. of a string)
  14. free, free of charge
  15. free, unconstrained
  16. linearly independent (of a set of vectors)

noun

  1. leave (from work, military service, etc.)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vapada, probably borrowed from early Proto-Slavic *svabadā (later *svoboda (“freedom”)).

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