different between prohibition vs barring

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibiti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???(h)??b???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?o?(h)??b???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: pro?hi?bi?tion

Noun

prohibition (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitions)

1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
2. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
3. A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.

Synonyms

• forbode

Antonyms

• permission

Related terms

• prohibit

Translations

French

Etymology

First attested in Old French, borrowed from Latin prohibiti?

Pronunciation

Noun

prohibition f (plural prohibitions)

1. prohibition
   1. (specifically) prohibition of alcohol

Related terms

• prohiber

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?????(?)/

Verb

barring

1. present participle of bar

Noun

barring (plural barrings)

1. (collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
2. The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
3. The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
4. (mining) Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
5. (sewing) The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.

   Synonym: tacking

Translations

Preposition

barring

1. Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.

Synonyms

• apart from, except for, save for; see also Thesaurus:except

Translations