isolation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

First as past participle "isolated", from Italian isolato, "secluded", from isola, "island", from Latin īnsula (“‘island’”).

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

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isolation (countable and uncountable; plural isolations)

1. (chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.
2. The act of isolating.

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• insulate
• insulation
• isolate
• isolatedness

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[edit] Noun

isolation f. (plural isolations)

1. isolation
2. insulation

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• isoler