isolate

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Etymology

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian insolato, from Latin insulatus (cognate with insulate).

Verb

isolate (third-person singular simple present isolates, present participle isolating, simple past and past participle isolated)

1. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
2. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
3. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
4. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
5. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
6. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.

Translations

transitive: to set apart or cut off from others

• Catalan: aïllar (ca)
• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)
• Esperanto: izoli (eo)
• French: isoler (fr)
• German: isolieren (de), absondern (de)

• Interlingua: isolar (ia)
• Italian: isolare (it)
• Portuguese: isolar (pt)
• Romanian: izola (ro)
• Russian: изолировать (ru) (izolírovat') impf./pf., обособлять (ru) (obosoblját') impf., обособить (ru) (obosóbit') pf.
• Spanish: aislar (es)

transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation

• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)

• Italian: isolare (it)
• Romanian: izola (ro)

transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture

• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: afscheiden (nl)

• Italian: isolare (it)
• Romanian: izola (ro)

transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence

• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)

• Italian: isolare (it)
• Romanian: izola (ro)

transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture

• Dutch: isoleren (nl)
• Italian: isolare (it)

• Romanian: izola (ro)

transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity

• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)

• Italian: isolare (it)
• Romanian: izola (ro)

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• French: isoler
• Spanish: aislar
• Telugu: వేరుచేయు (vaeruchaeyu)

Noun

isolate (plural isolates)

1. Something that has been isolated.

Translations

something that has been isolated

• Portuguese: isolamento (pt) m
• Russian: изолированный (ru) (izolírovannyj)

• Spanish: aislante (es) m

Related terms

• insular
• insulate
• insulator
• insulation
• isolatable a
• isolated a
• isolating a
• isolation n
• isolationism n
• isolative a
• isolator

Anagrams

• aeolist, et alios

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Interlingua

Participle

isolate

1. past participle of isolar

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Italian

Adjective

isolate (plural)

1. feminine form of isolato

Verb

isolate

1. second-person plural present tense of isolare
2. second-person plural imperative of isolare
3. feminine plural past participle of isolare

Anagrams

• alitose, oliaste, solatie