Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cordon sanitaire

/kɔːrˌdɔ̃ː ˌsɑniˈtɛr/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: cor-don san-i-taire
IPA: /kɔːrˌdɔ̃ː ˌsɑniˈtɛr/

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease.

noun

Any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable.

Example Sentences

"In accordance with their recommendation, the French Ministry drew a cordon sanitaire round the Spanish frontier. The plague gradually died away with the colder weather of the winter; but the French Ministry did not withdraw the troops who composed the cordon sanitaire."
"Bubonic plague had been in relative abeyance since the 1660s, and its explosion into Marseille and Provence in 1720 confirmed the ability of government, through quarantines and cordons sanitaires, to hem the disease in and prevent its diffusion across the country."
"The alternative for such a policy was the isolation of Russia and the construction of a cordon sanitaire, in order to contain Bolshevism in the present area."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French cordon sanitaire.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɔːrˌdɔ̃ː ˌsɑniˈtɛr/
British English: /ˌkɔːdɒn sanɪˈtɛː/

Inflected Forms

cordons sanitaires (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cordon sanitaire?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɔːrˌdɔ̃ː ˌsɑniˈtɛr/.
What does cordon sanitaire mean?: A barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease.
Where does cordon sanitaire come from?: Learned borrowing from French cordon sanitaire.

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