different between obstacle vs barricade

English

Etymology

From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obst?culum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bst?kl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bst?kl?/
• Hyphenation: ob?sta?cle

Noun

obstacle (plural obstacles)

1. Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

   A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

Synonyms

• impediment
• hindrance
• hurdle
• barrier
• complication
• snag
• See also Thesaurus:hindrance

Translations

Anagrams

• Casebolt, costable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin obst?culum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ops?ta.kl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ups?ta.kl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ops?ta.kle/

Noun

obstacle m (plural obstacles)

1. obstacle

Derived terms

• obstaculitzar

Further reading

• “obstacle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obstaculum, from obst?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.stakl/

Noun

obstacle m (plural obstacles)

1. obstacle

Derived terms

• course d'obstacles
• faire obstacle
• saut d'obstacles

Further reading

• “obstacle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French barricade.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ???ke?d/

Noun

barricade (plural barricades)

1. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
2. An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
   • 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology

     Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.

3. (figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
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Translations

See also

• barricade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Barricade in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Verb

barricade (third-person singular simple present barricades, present participle barricading, simple past and past participle barricaded)

1. to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
2. to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

• baricade (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French barricade, from Italian barricata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.ri?ka?.d?/
• Hyphenation: bar?ri?ca?de
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

barricade f (plural barricades or barricaden, diminutive barricadetje n)

1. A barricade. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonyms: barricadering, versperring

Derived terms

• barricaderen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: barrikade

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.?i.kad/
• Homophones: barricadent, barricades

Etymology 1

barrique +? -ade

Noun

barricade f (plural barricades)

1. barricade

Derived terms

• barricader

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

barricade

1. first-person singular present indicative of barricader
2. third-person singular present indicative of barricader
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of barricader
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of barricader
5. second-person singular imperative of barricader

Further reading

• “barricade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).