obstacle

English

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Etymology

From Old French obstacle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

obstacle (plural obstacles)

1. 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
• See also Wikisaurus:hindrance

Translations

something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

Arabic: عقبة (ʕáqaba) f. Armenian: խոչընդոտ (hy) (xočëndot), արգելք (hy) (argelk') Chinese: 障碍 (zhàng ài) Czech: překážka (cs) f. Dutch: obstakel (nl) n. Finnish: este (fi) French: obstacle (fr) German: Hindernis (de) n. Hebrew: מכשול (he) m. Hungarian: akadály (hu) Ido: obstaklo (io) Italian: ostacolo (it) m. Japanese: 障害 (しょうがい, shōgai) Kannada: ವಿಘ್ನ (vighna) Kazakh: тосқауыл (kk) (tosqawıl)

Korean: 방해물 (ko) (banghaemul) Latin: mora (la) Polish: trudność (pl) f., przeszkoda (pl) f. Portuguese: obstáculo (pt) m. Romanian: obstacol (ro), piedică (ro) Russian: препятствие (ru) (prepjátstvije) n. Scottish Gaelic: amaladh (gd) m., bacadh (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пре̏прека (sh) f. Roman: prȅpreka (sh) f. Spanish: obstáculo (es) m. Swedish: hinder (sv) n. Telugu: ఆటంకం (aaTankam), అడ్డం (aDDam) Turkish: akabe (tr), tümsek (tr), mania (tr), engel (tr), ket (tr), sed (tr), mahzur (tr), tebelleş (tr), mani (tr)

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French

Etymology

From Latin obstaculum, from obstō

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Noun

obstacle m. (plural obstacles)

1. obstacle