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cordon sanitaire en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɔːrˌdɔ̃ː ˌsɑniˈtɛr/ (US)
• /ˌkɔːdɒn sanɪˈtɛː/ (UK)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French cordon sanitaire.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:public health) A barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease.
   • 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. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 158:
   • 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. 1879, Sir Spencer Walpole, A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, page 327:
2. (broadly) Any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable.
   • 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. 1992, Peter Van Ham, Western Doctrines on East-West Trade: Theory, History and Policy, Springer, →ISBN, page 111:

Forms

Translations (23)

fr cordon sanitaire (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · da stødpudezone (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · da sikkerhedszone (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · da cordon sanitaire (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · ka სანიტარული კორდონი (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · pt cordão sanitário (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · nl cordon sanitaire (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · gl cordón sanitario (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · it cordone sanitario (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · de Sperrgürtel (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · pt barreira sanitária (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · ka სანიტარული კორდონი (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · fi hajurako (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · es cordón sanitario (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · nl cordon sanitaire (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · gl cordón sanitario (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · pt cordão sanitário (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · fr cordon sanitaire (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) · es cordón sanitario (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · de Brandmauer (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · da bufferzone (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · ca cordó sanitari (any barrier to the spread of anything deemed undesirable) · ca cordó sanitari (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease)