quarantine

quarantaine

Période durant laquelle on reste à l’écart des autres pour éviter de transmettre une éventuelle maladie.

En anglais simple : A period of staying apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• Her quarantine ends tomorrow.
• The animals spent a month in quarantine.
• Travelers had to enter quarantine after arriving.

Comment l'utiliser : in quarantine (The passengers remained in quarantine for a week.)

Synonymes : isolation

Expressions courantes : in quarantine, quarantine period, mandatory quarantine

lazaret

Lieu où des personnes ou des animaux sont tenus à l’écart des autres pour empêcher la propagation de maladies.

En anglais simple : A place where people or animals are kept apart from others to prevent illness from spreading.

• The quarantine stood outside the town.
• Workers cleaned every room in the quarantine.
• The port built a quarantine to house sick travelers.

Synonymes : isolation facility

Expressions courantes : animal quarantine, port quarantine, quarantine building

mettre en quarantaine

Tenir une personne ou un animal à l’écart des autres pour éviter la propagation d’une éventuelle maladie.

En anglais simple : To keep someone or an animal apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• They quarantined the sick animals.
• All passengers were quarantined after the outbreak.
• Should we quarantine anyone who shared her room?

Comment l'utiliser : quarantine someone/something for a period (Officials quarantined the animals for ten days.)

Synonymes : isolate

Expressions courantes : quarantine someone, quarantine animals, quarantine passengers

se mettre en quarantaine

Rester à l’écart des autres pour ne pas leur transmettre une maladie ou en attraper une.

En anglais simple : To stay apart from other people so that you do not spread or catch an illness.

• You can quarantine at home.
• We quarantined for a week after our trip.
• Anyone exposed to the virus should quarantine themselves.

Comment l'utiliser : quarantine for a period (We had to quarantine for five days.); quarantine yourself (She quarantined herself after contact with an infected friend.)

Synonymes : self-isolate, self-quarantine

Expressions courantes : quarantine at home, quarantine for days, quarantine yourself