quarantena

See also: quaranténa

Catalan

Etymology

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

Adjective

quarantena

1. feminine singular of quarantè

Noun

quarantena f (plural quarantenes)

1. a set of forty units
2. 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)

1. (medicine) quarantine

   Synonym: contumacia

2. (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