quarantine
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[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn/, /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.taɪn/
- (US) IPA: /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/
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[edit] Etymology 1
Directly from Latin quadraginta (“forty”)
[edit] Noun
quarantine (plural quarantines)
- A desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days according to the Bible
- A grace period of 40 days during which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband's home, regardless of the inheritance
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Italian quarantina (“forty”), from quarantina giorni (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting for off port), from quaranta (“forty”), from Latin quadraginta (“forty”)
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quarantine (plural quarantines)
- A sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed to be infected.
- Such official detention of a ship at or off port due to suspicion that it may be carrying a contagious disease aboard.
- A certain place for isolating persons suspected of suffering from a contagious disease.
- A certain period of time during which a person is isolated to determine whether they've been infected with a contagious disease.
- (by extension) Any rigorous measure of isolation, regardless of the reason.
- A record system kept by port health authorities in order to monitor and prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
- (computing) A place where email messages or other files which are suspected of harboring a virus are stored.
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sanitary measure isolating infected people
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place for isolating persons
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period of isolation
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any rigorous measure of isolation
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record system
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storage for suspected files
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[edit] Verb
quarantine (third-person singular simple present quarantines, present participle quarantining, simple past and past participle quarantined)
- To retain in obligatory isolation or separation, as a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
- To put in isolation as if by quarantine
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to retain in obligatory isolation or separation as a sanitary prevention
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
quarantine f.
- Plural form of quarantina.
