Jump to content

isolant

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

    From isolate + -ant.

    Noun

    [edit]

    isolant (plural isolants)

    1. That which is isolated from something else.
      • 1972, Antarctic Journal of the United States, volumes 7-8, page 258:
        Monodictys austrinia was previously reported as an isolant from soil at McMurdo (Tubaki and Asano, 1965), an obviously contaminated area.
    [edit]

    Anagrams

    [edit]

    Catalan

    [edit]

    Verb

    [edit]

    isolant

    1. gerund of isolar

    French

    [edit]

    Pronunciation

    [edit]
    • IPA(key): /i.zɔ.lɑ̃/
    • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

    Participle

    [edit]

    isolant

    1. present participle of isoler

    Adjective

    [edit]

    isolant (feminine isolante, masculine plural isolants, feminine plural isolantes)

    1. insulating
      Antonym: conducteur
    2. (linguistics, of a language) isolating

    Noun

    [edit]

    isolant m (plural isolants)

    1. insulator
      Antonym: conducteur

    Further reading

    [edit]

    Anagrams

    [edit]