insulate

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• UK: /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/
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• UK: /ˈɪnʃʊleɪt/
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• US: /ˈɪnsʊleɪt/
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• US: /ˈɪnsəleɪt/
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• Canada: [ˈɪns(j)ʊle(ɪ)t]
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From Latin īnsula (“isle, island”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or from Late Latin īnsulātus (“made an island”), see etymology at -ate. First attested in the 16th century; the general verb īnsulō (“insulate”) is attested only in New Latin and postdates the English term, but influence from an otherwise unattested Medieval Latin counterpart cannot be ruled out. Piecewise doublet of isolate.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отделям (otdeljam) — to separate or detach
• Bulgarian: изолирам (izoliram) — to separate or detach
• Catalan: aïllar — to separate or detach
• Catalan: isolar — to separate or detach
• Esperanto: izoli — to separate or detach
• Finnish: eristää — to separate or detach
• French: isoler — to separate or detach
• German: isolieren — to separate or detach
• Ido: izolar — to separate or detach
• Japanese: 切り離す (kirihanasu) — to separate or detach
• Japanese: 隔絶する (kakuzetsu suru) — to separate or detach
• Japanese: 孤立させる (koritsu saseru) — to separate or detach
• Māori: ārai — to separate or detach
• Polish: izolować — to separate or detach
• Portuguese: isolar — to separate or detach
• Romanian: izola — to separate or detach
• Spanish: aislar — to separate or detach
• Swedish: isolera — to separate or detach
• Bulgarian: изолирам (izoliram) — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Catalan: aïllar — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Catalan: isolar — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Dutch: isoleren — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Finnish: eristää — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• French: isoler — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• German: isolieren — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Hebrew: בידד — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Hebrew: בִּדֵּד (bidéd) — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Japanese: 絶縁する (zetsuen suru) — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Polish: izolować — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Portuguese: isolar — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Portuguese: insular — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Romanian: izola — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Russian: изоли́ровать (izolírovatʹ) — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Spanish: aislar — to separate in order to prevent a transfer
• Swedish: isolera — to separate in order to prevent a transfer