# quarantine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/ · frequency rank #12,306

## Definitions
1. A period of 40 days, particularly
2. A period of 40 days, particularly
3. A period of 40 days, particularly
4. A period of 40 days, particularly
5. 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.
6. A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.
7. A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.
8. A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.
9. 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.
10. The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.

## Etymology
From 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”).
In reference to French politics, calque of French quarantaine after edicts of Louis IX. In reference to a severance of political relations, popularized by the Roosevelt administration's 1937 approach to the Axis powers and the later Kennedy administration's 1962 approach to Cuba during the missile crisis.

## Common misspellings (14)
`qaurantine`, `qquarantine`, `quaarntine`, `quaranitne`, `quaranntine`, `quarantien`, `quarantinne`, `quarantnie`, `quaranttine`, `quaratnine`, `quarnatine`, `quarrantine`, `quraantine`, `uqarantine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/quarantine