self-isolation

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ isolation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

self-isolation (countable and uncountable, plural self-isolations)

1. (chiefly epidemiology) Voluntary isolation from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• self-quarantine

Related terms

• self-iso
• self-isolate

Translations

voluntary isolation

Azerbaijani: özünü təcridetmə Chinese: Mandarin: 自我隔離 / 自我隔离 (zìwǒ gélí) Danish: selvisolation c Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: omaehtoinen eristys French: please add this translation if you can Georgian: თვითიზოლაცია (tvitizolacia) German: Selbstisolation (de) f Greek: αυτοαπομόνωση (el) f (aftoapomónosi) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: isolasi mandiri Italian: autoisolamento m Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: samoizolacja f Romanian: autoizolare f Russian: самоизоляция (ru) f (samoizoljacija) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: självisolering (sv) c Welsh: hunanynysu m