barricade

See also barricadé

English

Etymology

From French barricade

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/

Noun

barricade (plural barricades)

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

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

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

Translations

a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

• Albanian: barrikadë (sq) f
• Bulgarian: барикада (bg) (barikáda) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路障 (cmn) (lùzhàng)

• Crimean Tatar: barrikada
• French: barricade (fr) f
• German: Barrikade (de) f

• Italian: barricata (it) f
• Japanese: バリケード (ja) (barikēdo)
• Norwegian: barrikade (no) m
• Polish: barykada (pl) f
• Portuguese: barricada (pt)
• Russian: баррикада (ru) (barrikáda) f
• Spanish: barricada (es) f
• Swedish: barrikad (sv) c

an obstacle, barrier or bulwark

• Albanian: barrikadë (sq) f
• German: Barrikade (de) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌نگه‌ر (ku) (sangar)

• Norwegian: barrikade (no) m
• Russian: баррикада (ru) (barrikáda) f, ограждение (ru) (ograždénije) n (доро́жное)
• Swedish: barrikad (sv) c

See also

• Barricade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Barricade in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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

to close or block a road etc., using a barricade

• Bulgarian: барикадирам (bg) (barrikadíram)
• French: barricader (fr)
• German: verbarrikadieren (de)
• Norwegian: barrikadere (no)

• Russian: баррикадировать (ru) (barrikadírovatʹ) impf., забаррикадировать (ru) (zabarrikadírovatʹ) pf.
• Swedish: barrikadera (sv)

to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

• Bulgarian: блокирам (bg) (blokíram)
• Norwegian: barrikadere (no), blokkere (no), stenge inne
• Russian: блокировать (ru) (blokírovatʹ) impf., заблокировать (ru) (zablokírovatʹ) pf.

• Swedish: blockera (sv)

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ba.ʁi.kad/, X-SAMPA: /ba.Ri.kad/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: barricadent, barricades

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. first-person singular present subjunctive of barricader
5. second-person singular imperative of barricader