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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ken'eki
"空港で厳重な検疫が行われている。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
"The travelers returning from the outbreak zone were placed in mandatory quarantine for two weeks."
- 1
To impose isolation on a person, animal, or place in order to prevent the spread of disease.
"Health authorities decided to quarantine the entire facility after the confirmed infection."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the 17th-century Venetian language term 'quarantena', meaning 'space of forty days', stemming from 'quaranta' (forty). Historically, it referred to the 40-day isolation period enforced on ships and people arriving from plague-stricken ports to protect the public.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Quarantine" is said worldwide
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quarantaine
Transliteration: ka-ʁɑ̃-tɛn
"Les passagers ont été mis en quarantaine."
Quarantäne
Transliteration: kva-ʁan-ˈtɛ-nə
"Der Patient musste in Quarantäne bleiben."
quarantena
Transliteration: kwa.ranˈtɛ.na
"La nave è stata posta in quarantena."
cuarentena
Transliteration: kwa.ɾenˈte.na
"Tuvieron que guardar cuarentena durante catorce días."
quarentena
Transliteration: ka.ɾẽˈtẽ.nɐ
"O caso suspeito foi colocado em quarentena."
संगरोध
Transliteration: sangarodh
"संक्रमण रोकने के लिए उसे संगरोध में रखा गया है।"
隔离
Transliteration: gélí
"所有入境旅客都必须接受隔离。"
격리
Transliteration: gyeokri
"확진자와 접촉한 사람들은 자가격리에 들어갔다."
検疫
Transliteration: ken'eki
"空港で厳重な検疫が行われている。"
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