isolant

English

Etymology

isolate +‎ -ant

Noun

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.

Related terms

• isolatee
• isolator

Anagrams

• Saint-Lô, Natolis, Latinos, Soltani, latinos

Catalan

Verb

isolant

1. gerund of isolar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.zɔ.lɑ̃/

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Participle

isolant

1. present participle of isoler

Adjective

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

1. insulating

   Antonym: conducteur

2. (linguistics, of a language) isolating

Noun

isolant m (plural isolants)

1. insulator

   Antonym: conducteur

Further reading

• “isolant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• talions