"confinement" meaning in French

See confinement in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.fin.mɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-confinement.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-confinement.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-confinement.wav Forms: confinements [plural]
Etymology: From confiner (“to confine”) + -ment. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|confiner|-ment|id2=nominal|t1=to confine}} confiner (“to confine”) + -ment Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} confinement m (plural confinements)
  1. confinement Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-confinement-fr-noun-66S~7ADR
  2. the act of quarantining, of putting into quarantine Tags: masculine Synonyms: mise en quarantaine
    Sense id: en-confinement-fr-noun-nbpizAz7
  3. quarantine Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-confinement-fr-noun-wtZnVebQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal) Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 28 53 5 12 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ment (nominal): 5 26 49 7 12
  4. lockdown Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-confinement-fr-noun-UmmKuPds
  5. containment Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-confinement-fr-noun-R6yyxC7R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quarantaine, isolement
Categories (other): Prison Disambiguation of Prison: 0 0 0 0 0
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