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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesisolateur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: i.zɔ.la.tœʁ
"Il a montré un comportement isolateur face au stress."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Tending to isolate or cause isolation; separating or detaching from a group or environment.
"The patient exhibited isolative behaviors, withdrawing completely from social interactions." - 2
Relating to or characterized by the process of insulation or segregation in technical or scientific contexts.
"The material provides strong isolative properties against thermal transfer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'isolate', which comes from the Italian 'isolato' (made into an island), ultimately from the Latin 'insula' meaning island. The suffix '-ive' was added in 19th-century English to form an adjective denoting a tendency or capacity to isolate or detach.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Isolative" is said worldwide
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isolateur
Transliteration: i.zɔ.la.tœʁ
"Il a montré un comportement isolateur face au stress."
isolierend
Transliteration: i.zoˈliː.ʁənt
"Sie entwickelte isolierende Gewohnheiten nach dem Vorfall."
isolativo
Transliteration: i.zo.laˈti.vo
"Il trattamento ha mostrato effetti isolativi sul paziente."
aislante
Transliteration: ajsˈlante
"Mostró una actitud aislante durante la reunión."
isolante
Transliteration: i.zuˈlɐ̃.tʃi
"O comportamento isolante preocupou a família."
अलग करने वाला
Transliteration: alag karne wala
"उसका व्यवहार बहुत अलग करने वाला था।"
隔离性的
Transliteration: gé lí xìng de
"这种材料具有很好的隔离性特点。"
고립시키는
Transliteration: goripsikineun
"그는 고립시키는 성향을 보였습니다."
孤立性の
Transliteration: koritsu-sei no
"彼は孤立性の傾向を示した。"
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