quarantaine
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantena, from Latin quadrāgintā.
Pronunciation
Noun
quarantaine f (plural quarantaines, diminutive quarantainetje n)
- A quarantine, sanitary measure of isolating infected people; its duration or site
- (figuratively) Any isolation, exclusion
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French
Etymology
From quarante + -aine, the medical sense a calque of Italian quarantena.
Pronunciation
Noun
quarantaine f (plural quarantaines)
- a number or group of or about forty
- One's forties (period of life between ages 40 and 49): une femme dans la quarantaine
- (medicine) quarantine (isolation to prevent contamination)
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Descendants
- → Danish: karantæne
- → Dutch: quarantaine
- → German: Quarantäne
See also
- (numeric): centaine, cinquantaine, dizaine, douzaine, huitaine, quinzaine, soixantaine, trentaine, vingtaine
- (medical prevention): cordon sanitaire m, quatorzaine f
Further reading
- “quarantaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.