obstruction

English

Etymology

From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

obstruction (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions)

1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
2. Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally

   Synonyms: obstacle, impediment, hindrance

3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

Synonyms

• block
• hindrance
• impedance
• roadblock
• stop
• See also Thesaurus:hindrance

 

Derived terms

• bowel obstruction
• deobstruction
• intestinal obstruction
• nasal obstruction
• obstruction of justice
• pseudo-obstruction

 

Translations

the act of obstructing

• Armenian: խոչընդոտում (hy) (xočʻəndotum), խափանում (hy) (xapʻanum)
• Bulgarian: преграждане n (pregraždane), блокиране (bg) n (blokirane)
• Catalan: obstrucció (ca) f
• Dutch: belemmering (nl) f, obstructie (nl) f
• Finnish: estäminen (fi)
• French: obstruction (fr) f
• German: Obstruktion (de) f, Verhinderung (de) f, Blockierung (de) f, Störung (de) f
• Hungarian: akadályozás (hu), (filibustering) obstrukció (hu)
• Indonesian: obstruksi (id)
• Italian: ostruzione (it) f
• Latin: obstructiō f
• Marathi: अडथळा m (aḍathḷā), अवरोध m (avrodh)
• Portuguese: obstrução (pt) f
• Romanian: împiedicare (ro), obstrucționare (ro), blocare (ro) f, obstrucție (ro) f
• Russian: препя́тствие (ru) n (prepjátstvije), обстру́кция (ru) f (obstrúkcija), препя́тствование (ru) n (prepjátstvovanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: opstrukcija (sh) f, ometanje n

• Spanish: obstrucción (es) f
• Turkish: engel olma

that which obstructs or impedes

• Bulgarian: пречка (bg) f (prečka), затруднение (bg) n (zatrudnenie)
• Catalan: obstrucció (ca) f
• Dutch: obstructie (nl) f, obstakel (nl) n, hindernis (nl) n
• Finnish: este (fi), tukkeuma (fi)
• French: obstruction (fr) f
• German: Sperre (de) f, Hindernis (de) n, Verschluss (de) m
• Hungarian: akadály (hu)
• Italian: ostruzione (it) f
• Latin: obstructiō f
• Maori: hōtaetae
• Portuguese: obstrução (pt) f
• Romanian: obstrucție (ro) f
• Russian: препя́тствие (ru) n (prepjátstvije)
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: opstrukcija (sh) f, ometalo n

• Spanish: obstrucción (es)
• Telugu: ఆటంకం (te) (āṭaṅkaṁ), అడ్డం (te) (aḍḍaṁ)

French

Etymology

From Latin obstrūctiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.stʁyk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

obstruction f (plural obstructions)

1. block (something that prevents passing)
2. obstruction

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

obstruction (plural obstructiones)

1. obstruction