quarantaine
Meanings
Noun
1. a number or group of or about forty
2. one's forties (period of life between ages 40 and 49)
3. quarantine (isolation to prevent contamination) (medicine)
Examples13
une femme dans la quarantaine
a woman in her forties
Il doit avoir la quarantaine.
He is about forty.
Il a passé la quarantaine.
He is past forty.
Il y a une quarantaine de personnes ici.
There are about forty people here.
Elle doit avoir la quarantaine environ.
She must be forty or so.
Tout le navire a été mis en quarantaine.
The whole ship was quarantined.