barricade

See also: barricadé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French barricade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/

• Audio (US):

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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
• Armenian: բարիկադ (hy) (barikad)
• Bulgarian: барика́да (bg) f (barikáda)
• Catalan: barricada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路障 (zh) (lùzhàng)

• Crimean Tatar: barrikada
• Danish: barrikade (da) c
• Esperanto: barikado
• Finnish: barrikadi (fi), katusulku (fi)
• French: barricade (fr) f
• Galician: barricada (gl) f
• Georgian: ბარიკადა (bariḳada)
• German: Barrikade (de) f
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• Interlingue:
• Irish: baracáid f, bábhún m
• Italian: barricata (it) f
• Japanese: バリケード (barikēdo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barrikade m

  Nynorsk: barrikade m

• Polish: barykada (pl) f
• Portuguese: barricada (pt)
• Russian: баррика́да (ru) f (barrikáda)
• Spanish: barricada (es) f
• Swedish: barrikad (sv) c
• Turkish: barikat (tr)
• Yiddish: באַריקאַדן f pl (barikadn)

an obstacle, barrier or bulwark

• Albanian: barrikadë (sq) f
• Armenian: բարիկադ (hy) (barikad)
• German: Barrikade (de) f
• Interlingue:
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Norwegian: barrikade m
• Russian: баррика́да (ru) f (barrikáda), огражде́ние (ru) n (ograždénije) (доро́жное)
• Swedish: barrikad (sv) c

See also

• barricade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:Wikisource1911Enc Citation

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: барикади́рам (bg) (barikadíram)
• French: barricader (fr)
• German: verbarrikadieren (de)
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• Interlingue:
• Norwegian: barrikadere (no)
• Russian: баррикади́ровать (ru) impf (barrikadírovatʹ), забаррикади́ровать (ru) pf (zabarrikadírovatʹ)
• Swedish: barrikadera (sv)

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

• Bulgarian: блоки́рам (bg) (blokíram)
• Norwegian: barrikadere (no), blokkere (no), stenge inne
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• Russian: блоки́ровать (ru) impf (blokírovatʹ), заблоки́ровать (ru) pf (zablokírovatʹ)
• Swedish: blockera (sv)

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• baricade (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French barricade, from Italian barricata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑ.riˈkaː.də/
• Hyphenation: bar‧ri‧ca‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

barricade f (plural barricades or barricaden, diminutive barricadetje n)

1. A barricade. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonyms: barricadering, versperring

Derived terms

• barricaderen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁi.kad/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: barricadent, barricades

Etymology 1

barrique +‎ -ade

Noun

barricade f (plural barricades)

1. barricade

Derived terms

• barricader

Descendants

• → Albanian: barrikadë
• → Catalan: barricada
• → Crimean Tatar: barrikada
• → Danish: barrikade
• → English: barricade
• → Galician: barricada
• → German: Barrikade
• → Irish: baracáid
• → Norwegian: barrikade
• → Portuguese: barricada
• → Spanish: barricada
• → Swedish: barrikad
• → Turkish: barikat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Further reading

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