isolate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from isolated, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French isolé, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian insolato, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin insulatus (cognate with insulate).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsəleɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsələt/

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Verb

1. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
2. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
4. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
5. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
   • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

     One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

6. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
7. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.

Translations

transitive: to set apart or cut off from others

• Bulgarian: отделям (bg) (otdeljam), уединявам (bg) (uedinjavam)
• Catalan: aïllar (ca), isolar (ca)
• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)
• Esperanto: izoli
• French: isoler (fr)
• German: isolieren (de), absondern (de), abdichten (de)
• Hungarian: elszigetel (hu)
• Interlingua: isolar
• Interlingue:
• Irish: aonraigh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: isolare (it)
• Japanese: 切り離す (kirihanasu), 隔絶する (ja) (kakuzetsu suru), 孤立させる (ja) (koritsu saseru)
• Maori: whakamomotu
• Norwegian: isolere
• Portuguese: isolar (pt)
• Romanian: izola (ro)
• Russian: изоли́ровать (ru) impf or pf (izolírovatʹ), обособля́ть (ru) impf (obosobljátʹ), обосо́бить (ru) pf (obosóbitʹ)
• Spanish: aislar (es)
• Swedish: isolera (sv), avskilja (sv)

transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation

• Bulgarian: изолирам (bg) (izoliram), поставям под карантина (postavjam pod karantina)
• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)
• Irish: aonraigh
• Italian: isolare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 隔離する (ja) (kakuri suru)
• Romanian: izola (ro)
• Swedish: isolera (sv)

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

• Bulgarian: отделям (bg) (otdeljam), изолирам (bg) (izoliram)
• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: afscheiden (nl)
• Italian: isolare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: izola (ro)
• Swedish: isolera (sv)

transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence

• Bulgarian: изолирам (bg) (izoliram)
• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)
• Italian: isolare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 遮断する (shadan suru)
• Romanian: izola (ro)

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

• Dutch: isoleren (nl)
• Italian: isolare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: izola (ro)

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

• Bulgarian: изолирам (bg) (izoliram)
• Danish: isolere (da)
• Dutch: isoleren (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: isolare (it)
• Romanian: izola (ro)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} isoler (fr)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} aislar (es)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: వేరుచేయు (vaeruchaeyu)

Noun

isolate (plural isolates)

1. Something that has been isolated.

Translations

something that has been isolated

• Portuguese: isolado (pt) m
• Russian: изоли́рованный (ru) (izolírovannyj)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: aislante (es) m

Related terms

• insulant
• insular
• insularity
• insulate
• insulation
• insulator
• isolatable (adjective)
• isolated (adjective)
• isolating (adjective)
• isolation (noun)
• isolationism (noun)
• isolative (adjective)
• isolator (noun)

Anagrams

• Aeolist, et alios, tea oils

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Interlingua

Participle

isolate

1. past participle of isolar

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Italian

Adjective

isolate

1. feminine plural of isolato

Verb

isolate

1. second-person plural present of isolare
2. second-person plural imperative of isolare

Participle

isolate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of isolare

Anagrams

• alitose, oliaste, solatie