quarantine
A period of 40 days, particularlyA period of 40 days, particularly
» How long will the quarantine last?
Wie lange dauert die Quarantäne noch?
Как долго продлится карантин?
Сколько продлится карантин?
Скільки триватиме карантин?
Як довго триватиме карантин?
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)A period of 40 days, particularly
A period of 40 days, particularly
(countable, historical, uncountable)The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.
(countable, historical, uncountable)The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.
(countable, uncountable)A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
The tourists were put in quarantine to ensure none of them would be able to spread the plague.
Quarantäne
каранти́нkarantín
каранти́нkarantýn
enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
(countable, uncountable)A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)A period of time where people are not allowed to leave their homes to contain the spread of an infectious disease.
isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.
Examples
80 sentencesHow long will the quarantine last?
Скільки триватиме карантин?
ruКак долго продлится карантин?
deWie lange dauert die Quarantäne noch?
We've been asked to self-quarantine for two weeks.
ruНас попросили самоизолироваться на две недели.
Those who need to be quarantined will be quarantined.
How long did it take for Tom to get out of quarantine?
Tom has been quarantined.
Translations
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Origin
From Medieval Latin quarentena and quarentīna (“40-day period, Lent”) via Middle English qFrom Medieval Latin quarentena and quarentīna (“40-day period, Lent”) via Middle English quarentine, Norman quarenteine, French quarenteine, and Italian quarantina, via proposed Late Latin *quaranta + -ēna (forming distributive adjectives), from Latin quadrāgintā (“four tens, 40”).
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Forms
plural: quarantines| Singular | quarantine |
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Synonyms
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