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obstacle
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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).
obstacle From the web:
- what obstacles have you overcome
- what obstacles did odysseus face
- what obstacles to self-determination still exist
- what obstacles are in a spartan race
- what obstacles has odysseus faced
- what obstacle does montresor face
- what obstacles have you overcome in life
bollard
English
Etymology
From Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), equivalent to bole +? -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /?b?l??d/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /?b?l??d/, /?b?l?d/
Noun
bollard (plural bollards)
- (nautical) A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured.
- A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
Derived terms
- bollard condition
Translations
See also
- (traffic bollard): cone
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- what is bollard pull
- what are bollards used for
- what is bollard fencing
- what is bollard in ship
- what are bollards made of
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