empêchement

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French empeschement. Morphologically, from empêcher (“to impede”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.mɑ̃/

Noun edit

empêchement m (plural empêchements)

impediment, hold-up, hitch
avoir un empêchement ― to hit a snag, to get held up

See also edit

contretemps

Further reading edit

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

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