occupied

English

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒkjʊpaɪd/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑkjəpaɪd/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔkjəpɑɪd/
• Hyphenation: oc‧cu‧pied

Adjective

occupied (comparative more occupied, superlative most occupied)

1. Reserved, engaged.

   The stall on the left is occupied.

3. Busy, unavailable.

   She is occupied at the moment.

4. Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.

   My father travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945.

Hyponyms

• owner-occupied

Derived terms

• human-occupied vehicle

 

Translations

reserved

• Belarusian: за́няты (zánjaty)
• Bulgarian: зае́т (bg) m (zaét)
• Czech: obsazený (cs)
• Dutch: bezet (nl), gereserveerd (nl)
• Estonian: hõivatud
• Finnish: varattu (fi)
• French: occupé (fr)
• Georgian: დაკავებული (daḳavebuli)
• German: belegt (de), besetzt (de)
• Greek: κατειλημμένος (el) (kateilimménos)
• Hungarian: foglalt (hu)
• Italian: occupato (it)
• Latin: occupātus
• Polish: zajęty (pl)
• Portuguese: ocupado (pt)
• Russian: за́нятый (ru) (zánjatyj), зарезерви́рованный (ru) (zarezervírovannyj)
• Spanish: reservado (es)
• Swedish: upptagen (sv)
• Turkish: dolu (tr)
• Ukrainian: за́йнятий (zájnjatyj)

busy

• Arabic: مَشْغُول (mašḡūl)

  Egyptian Arabic: مشغول (mašḡūl)

  Moroccan Arabic: مشغول m (mašḡūl)

• Belarusian: за́няты (zánjaty)
• Bengali: মশগুল (bn) (mośgul)
• Bulgarian: зае́т (bg) m (zaét)
• Dutch: bezig (nl), bezet (nl)
• Finnish: varattu (fi)
• French: occupé (fr)
• Georgian: დაკავებული (daḳavebuli)
• German: besetzt (de), beschäftigt (de)
• Hungarian: elfoglalt (hu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: occupātus
• Plautdietsch: drock, beschafticht
• Polish: zajęty (pl)
• Portuguese: ocupado (pt)
• Russian: за́нятый (ru) (zánjatyj)
• Spanish: ocupado (es)
• Swedish: upptagen (sv)
• Turkish: meşgul (tr)
• Ukrainian: за́йнятий (zájnjatyj)

militarily subjugated

• Arabic: مُحْتَلّ (muḥtall)

  Moroccan Arabic: محتل m (miḥtall)

• Belarusian: акупава́ны (akupavány), за́няты (zánjaty)
• Bulgarian: окупи́ран (bg) m (okupíran)
• Czech: okupovaný
• Dutch: bezet (nl)
• Estonian: okupeeritud
• Finnish: miehitetty (fi)
• French: occupé (fr)
• Georgian: ოკუპირებული (oḳuṗirebuli)
• German: besetzt (de), okkupiert (de)
• Hungarian: megszállt (hu)
• Italian: occupato (it)
• Macedonian: окупиран (okupiran)
• Polish: okupowany, zajęty (pl)
• Portuguese: ocupado (pt)
• Russian: оккупи́рованный (ru) (okkupírovannyj), за́нятый (ru) (zánjatyj)
• Spanish: ocupado (es)
• Swedish: ockuperad (sv)
• Turkish: işgal altında
• Ukrainian: окупо́ваний (okupóvanyj), за́йнятий (zájnjatyj)
• Urdu: مقبوض (maqbūẓ), مقبوضہ (maqbūẓah)

Interjection

occupied (comparative more occupied, superlative most occupied)

1. Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.

Synonyms

• ocupado (humorous, US)

Translations

(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)

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• Albanian:

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• Arabic: مَشْغُول m (mašḡūl)

  Moroccan Arabic: عامر m (ʕāmar), مشغول m (mašḡūl)

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• Belarusian: за́нята (zánjata)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: зае́то (bg) (zaéto)
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• Dutch: bezet (nl)
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• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: varattu (fi)
• French: occupé (fr) m
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• German: besetzt (de)
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• Hungarian: foglalt (hu)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opptatt

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• Polish: zajęte!
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• Romanian: ocupat (ro)
• Russian: за́нято (ru) (zánjato)
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• Swedish: upptaget (sv)
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• Turkish: dolu (tr)
• Ukrainian: за́йнято (zájnjato)
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Verb

occupied

1. simple past and past participle of occupy