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General-American:/ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/
General-American:/ˈkɔɹ.ən.tin/
New-York-City:/ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tin/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkwɒrn̩tiːn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkwɒɹ.ən.taɪn/
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name
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
Synonym of Mount of Temptation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mount of Temptation
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
A period of 40 days, particularly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A period of 40 days, particularly
The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
A period of 40 days, particularly
The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A period of 40 days, particularly
A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The tourists were put in quarantine to ensure none of them would be able to spread the plague.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 9
A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 11
An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 13
To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Venice began quarantining incoming ships for 40 days in 1448 to prevent further outbreaks of bubonic plague.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 14
To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
International travelers must quarantine themselves at their own expense in a designated hotel for 14 days upon arrival.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 15
To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 16
Synonym of isolate more generally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
J.F.K. "quarantined" Cuba rather than blockading it to avoid needless escalation of the conflict.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: isolate more generally
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 17
Synonym of restrict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restrict
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 18
isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: isolation, closing off
19
noun
Meaning 19
enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: isolation
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verb
Meaning 20
place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
My dog was quarantined before he could live in England
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: isolate, insulate
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin quarentena and quarentīna (“40-day period, Lent”) via Middle English quarentine, Norman quarenteine, French quarenteine, and Italian quarantina, via proposed Late Latin *quaranta + -ēna (forming distributive adjectives), from Latin quadrāgintā (“four tens, 40”). In reference to French politics, calque of French quarantaine after edicts of Louis IX. In reference to a severance of political relations, popularized by the Roosevelt administration's 1937 approach to the Axis powers and the later Kennedy administration's 1962 approach to Cuba during the missile crisis.
From Latin Quarantina.
Across languages
Translations
163 source translations are retained for this English entry.
French:
quarantaine
— 40-day period in general
Latin:
quadragēna
— 40-day period in general
Latin:
quarentena
— 40-day period in general
Latin:
quarentīna
— 40-day period in general
Latin:
carēna
— 40-day period in general
French:
quarantaine
— 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret
Afrikaans:
kwarantyn
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Albanian:
karantinë
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Arabic:
حَجْر صِحِّيّ
(ḥajr ṣiḥḥiyy)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Arabic:
عَزْل
(ʕazl)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Arabic:
كَرَنْتِينَة
(karantīna)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Algerian Arabic:
حَجْر
(ḥajr)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Arabic:
حَجِر
(ḥajir)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Arabic:
حَجر صِحِّي
(ḥajir ṣiḥḥi)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Armenian:
կարանտին
(karantin)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Azerbaijani:
karantin
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Belarusian:
каранты́н
(karantýn)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Belarusian:
каранці́н
(karancín)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Bulgarian:
каранти́на
(karantína)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Catalan:
quarantena
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Chinese Mandarin:
隔離 /隔离
(gélí)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Chinese Mandarin:
檢疫 /检疫
(jiǎnyì)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Cornish:
enysekter
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Czech:
karanténa
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Danish:
karantæne
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Dutch:
quarantaine
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Dutch:
quarantaineperiode
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Esperanto:
kvaranteno
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Estonian:
karantiin
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Faroese:
sóttverja
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Faroese:
sóttarhald
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Finnish:
karanteeni
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
French:
quarantaine
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Galician:
corentena
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Georgian:
კარანტინი
(ḳaranṭini)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
German:
Quarantäne
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Greek:
απομόνωση
(apomónosi)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Greek:
καραντίνα
(karantína)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Hebrew:
הֶסְגֵּר
(hesger)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Hebrew:
קָרַנְטִינָה
(karantina)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Hebrew:
בידוד
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Hebrew:
בִּדוּד
(bidúd)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Hindi:
क्वारंटीन
(kvāraṇṭīn)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Hungarian:
karantén
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Icelandic:
sóttkví
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Ido:
quaranteno
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Indonesian:
karantina
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Irish:
coraintín
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Italian:
quarantena
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Japanese:
検疫
(ken'eki)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Kazakh:
карантин
(karantin)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Korean:
검역
(geomyeok)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Korean:
격리
(gyeongni)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Kyrgyz:
карантин
(karantin)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Latin:
quarantanna
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Latvian:
karantīna
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Lithuanian:
karantinas
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Macedonian:
каранти́н
(karantín)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Malay:
pupuh
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Malay:
kuarantin
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Malay:
karantina
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Māori:
taratahi
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Mongolian:
карантин
(karantin)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Norwegian Bokmål:
karantene
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Persian:
قرنطینه
(qarantine)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Polish:
kwarantanna
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Portuguese:
quarentena
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Romanian:
carantină
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Russian:
каранти́н
(karantín)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Serbo-Croatian:
каранте́на
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Serbo-Croatian:
карантин
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Serbo-Croatian:
karanténa
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Serbo-Croatian:
karantin
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Slovak:
karanténa
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Slovene:
karantena
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Spanish:
cuarentena
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Swahili:
karantini
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Swedish:
karantän
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Tagalog:
kuwarentenas
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Tagalog:
pahiwalay
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Tajik:
карантин
(karantin)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Tamil:
ஒடுக்கம்
(oṭukkam)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Thai:
การกักกัน
(gaan-gàk-gan)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Thai:
การกักตัว
(gaan-gàk-dtuua)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Turkish:
karantina
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Turkmen:
karantin
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Ukrainian:
каранти́н
(karantýn)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Urdu:
قرنطینہ
(qarantína)
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Uzbek:
karantin
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
phong tỏa kiểm dịch
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
phong tỏa dịch bệnh
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
thời gian cách ly
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
thời gian kiểm dịch
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
sự cách ly
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
sự kiểm dịch
— a period, instance, or state of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Afrikaans:
kwarantyn
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Czech:
karanténa
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Danish:
karantæne
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Dutch:
quarantaine
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Dutch:
afzondering
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Finnish:
karanteeni
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
French:
quarantaine
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Greek:
απομόνωση
(apomónosi)
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Polish:
kwarantanna
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Portuguese:
quarentena
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Russian:
каранти́н
(karantín)
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Swedish:
karantän
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Vietnamese:
sự cách ly
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Vietnamese:
sự kiểm dịch
— (figurative) any rigorously enforced isolation
Czech:
karanténa
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Danish:
karantæne
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Dutch:
quarantaine
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Dutch:
quarantainehaven
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Finnish:
karanteeni
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Greek:
λοιμοκαθαρτήριο
(loimokathartírio)
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Hungarian:
karantén
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Hungarian:
vesztegzár
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Polish:
kwarantanna
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Portuguese:
quarentena
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Russian:
изоля́тор
(izoljátor)
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Vietnamese:
khu cách ly
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Vietnamese:
khu kiểm dịch
— a place used for quarantining — see also lazaret
Afrikaans:
kwarantyn
— isolation of suspected files
Finnish:
karanteeni
— isolation of suspected files
French:
quarantaine
— isolation of suspected files
Polish:
kwarantanna
— isolation of suspected files
Portuguese:
quarentena
— isolation of suspected files
Dutch:
afzonderen
— to place in quarantine to prevent the spread of disease
Dutch:
isoleren
— to place in quarantine to prevent the spread of disease
Finnish:
eristää
— to place in quarantine to prevent the spread of disease
French:
mettre en quarantaine
— to place in quarantine to prevent the spread of disease
Greek:
βάζω σε καραντίνα
(vázo se karantína)
— to place in quarantine to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
cách ly
— to place in quarantine to prevent the spread of disease
Vietnamese:
phong tỏa
— to place in quarantine to prevent the spread of disease
Armenian:
կարանտինի ենթարկել
(karantini entʻarkel)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Czech:
dát do karantény
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Esperanto:
kvaranteni
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Estonian:
karantiini panema
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Estonian:
isoleerima
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Finnish:
panna karanteeniin
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Finnish:
asettaa karanteeniin
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Finnish:
eristää
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Georgian:
კარანტინში მოქცევა
(ḳaranṭinši mokceva)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Georgian:
კარანტინს დაქვემდებარება
(ḳaranṭins dakvemdebareba)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Greek:
απομονώνω
(apomonóno)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Hungarian:
elkülönít
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Hungarian:
karanténba helyez
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Hungarian:
karanténba zár
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Indonesian:
mengarantina
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Indonesian:
mengarantinakan
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Interlingua:
quarantenar
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Lao:
ກັກກັນ
(kak kan)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Lao:
ກັກໂຕ
(kak tō)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Lao:
ກັກດ່ານ
(kak dān)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Persian:
قرنطینه کردن
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Polish:
poddać kwarantannie
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Portuguese:
quarentenar
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Serbo-Croatian:
staviti u karantenu
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Spanish:
cuarentenar
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Thai:
กักกัน
(gàk-gan)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Thai:
กักตัว
(gàk-dtuua)
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Vietnamese:
cách ly
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
Vietnamese:
kiểm dịch
— to enter into or remain in quarantine
