Definition of "lazaretto" in English

noun

1. A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.

2. A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.

3. (by extension, nautical) A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.