How to pronounce quarantine
American English pronunciation
KWOR-un-teen
- IPA
- /ˈkwɔɹənˌtin/
- Syllables
- KWOR · un · teen (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- KWAR-un-teen
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What quarantine means
A time kept apart from others so a sickness won't spread
In a sentence: The new fish spent two weeks in quarantine in a small tank before joining the others.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old Italian word for a stretch of forty days, built on the Latin word for forty. After 1448, people arriving in Venice had to stay apart for forty days.
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