1. (n.)quarantine a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
2. quarantine a period, orig. 40 days, of detention or isolation imposed upon ships, people, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or place, when suspected of carrying a contagious disease.
3. quarantine a system of measures maintained at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease.
4. quarantine a place or station at which such measures are carried out, as a place where ships are detained.
3. (verb)quarantine place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"
Definition of 'Quarantine'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Quarantine a space of forty days; -- used of Lent
2. (noun)Quarantine specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed
4. (verb)Quarantine to compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine
Definitions of 'Quarantine'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. Quarantine the prescribed time, generally 40 days (hence the name), of non-intercourse with the shore for a ship suspected of infection, latterly enforced, and that very strictly, in the cases of infection with yellowfever or plague; since November 1896, the system of quarantine as regards the British Islands has ceased to exist.
Definition of 'Quarantine'
U.S. National Library of Medicine
1. Quarantine Restriction of freedom of movement of individuals who have been exposed to infectious or communicable disease in order to prevent its spread; a period of detention of vessels, vehicles, or travelers coming from infected or suspected places; and detention or isolation on account of suspected contagion. It includes government regulations on the detention of animals at frontiers or ports of entrance for the prevention of infectious disease, through a period of isolation before being allowed to enter a country. (From Dorland, 28th ed & Black's Veterinary Dictionary, 17th ed)
Sense: the keeping away from other people or animals of people or animals that might be carrying an infectious disease My dog was in quarantine for six months.
Definitions of Quarantine 
Afrikaans: kwarantyn
Arabic: مَحْجَر صِحّي
Bulgarian: карантина
Brazilian: quarentena
Czech: karanténa
German: die Quarantäne
Danish: karantæne
Greek: καραντίνα
Spanish: cuarentena
Estonian: karantiin
Farsi: قرنطینه
Finnish: karanteeni
French: quarantaine
Hebrew: הֶסגֵר
Hindi: संगरोध
Croatian: karantena, izolacija
Hungarian: vesztegzár, karantén
Indonesian: karantina
Icelandic: sóttkví
Italian: quarantena
Japanese: 隔離
Korean: 격리
Lithuanian: karantinas
Latvian: karantīna
Malay: kuarantin
Dutch: quarantaine
Norwegian: karantene
Polish: kwarantanna
Persian: قرنطینه
Pashto: څلويښتي (قرانطين)، څلويښت
Portuguese: quarentena
Romanian: carantină
Russian: карантин
Slovak: karanténa
Slovenian: karantena
Serbian: karantin
Swedish: karantän
Thai: การกักไว้อย่างเข้มงวดเพื่
Turkish: karantina
Taiwanese: 隔離
Ukrainian: карантин
Urdu: کسی متعدی مرض سے حفاظت کے
Vietnamese: sự cách ly
Chinese: 隔离
