quarantena

See also: quaranténa

Catalan

Etymology

From quaranta (“forty”) + -ena (feminine ordinal suffix).

Adjective

quarantena

feminine singular of quarantè

Noun

quarantena f (plural quarantenes)

a set of forty units
quarantine

Derived terms

posar en quarantena

Italian

Etymology

From Venetian form of quarantina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwa.ranˈtɛ.na/
Rhymes: -ɛna
Hyphenation: qua‧ran‧tè‧na

Noun

quarantena f (plural quarantene)

(medicine) quarantine
Synonym: contumacia
(archaic) period of forty days

Further reading

quarantena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
quarantena on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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