The professor is in Japan on sabbatical leave.
Source: tatoeba (19013)
Sabbatical
//səˈbætɪkəl//
Synonyms for "sabbatical" (20 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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45 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- съботен adj (relating to the Sabbath)
Dutch
2 entries- sabbatjaar noun (extended period of leave)
- sabbatsjaar noun (extended period of leave)
Finnish
4 entries- sapatin adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- sapatin adj (an extended period of leave)
- sapatti adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- sapatti adj (an extended period of leave)
French
2 entries- sabbatique adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- année sabbatique noun (extended period of leave)
German
4 entries- sabbatlich adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- Langzeiturlaub noun (extended period of leave)
- Sabbatical noun (extended period of leave)
- Sabbatjahr noun (extended period of leave)
Hebrew
1 entries- שבתון \ שַׁבָּתוֹן noun (extended period of leave)
Italian
3 entries- sabbatico adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- sabbatico adj (an extended period of leave)
- anno sabbatico noun (extended period of leave)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hvileår noun (extended period of leave)
- kvileår noun (extended period of leave)
- sabbatsår noun (extended period of leave)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kvileår noun (extended period of leave)
- sabbatsår noun (extended period of leave)
Polish
1 entries- urlop noun (extended period of leave)
Portuguese
3 entries- sabático adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- sabático adj (an extended period of leave)
- sabática noun (extended period of leave)
Russian
2 entries- тво́рческий adj (an extended period of leave)
- тво́рческий о́тпуск noun (extended period of leave)
Spanish
3 entries- sabático adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- sabático adj (an extended period of leave)
- sabático noun (extended period of leave)
Swahili
1 entries- likizo ya kunoa ubongo noun (extended period of leave)
Swedish
2 entries- sabbatlig adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- sabbatsår noun (extended period of leave)
Turkish
4 entries- Sebt adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- Sebt Günü adj (relating to the Sabbath)
- Sebt noun (extended period of leave)
- Sebt Günü noun (extended period of leave)
Ukrainian
2 entries- науко́ва відпу́стка noun (extended period of leave)
- тво́рча відпу́стка noun (extended period of leave)
Volapük
1 entries- jabatik adj (relating to the Sabbath)
Yiddish
1 entries- שבתדיק adj (relating to the Sabbath)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Only slackers fail if and only if the only unfair professors are on sabbatical.
Source: tatoeba (1686093)
Two years ago, the idea of offering a research semester for particularly interested and committed teachers became reality. The aim is to improve communication between schools and universities. Since teachers are the best people for diffusing newly acquired knowledge, they will be given the opportunity to spend a research sabbatical at a university and to subsequently integrate this knowledge into classroom teaching.
Source: tatoeba (1741494)
During my sabbatical, I composed a fugue and domesticated a robin.
Source: tatoeba (2826252)
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