lazaret

English

Alternative forms

• lazarette (obsolete)

Etymology

From French lazaret, from Italian lazzaretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /læzəˈɹɛt/

Noun

lazaret (plural lazarets)

1. A lazaretto.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.215:

     The liver is the lazaret of bile, / But very rarely executes its function [...].

2. (nautical) A lazaretto.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 586:

     There were fish in the lazarettes and rope lockers, fish spilled out the portholes and came flapping out of charts as they were unrolled on the chart table

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French

Etymology

From Italian lazzaretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lazaʁɛ/

Noun

lazaret m. (plural lazarets)

1. lazaret