blockade

See also: Blockade

English

Etymology

From block +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /blɑˈkeɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /blɒˈkeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

blockade (plural blockades)

1. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
2. (by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
3. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
4. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it

Translations

the isolation of something

• Arabic: حِصَار‎‎ m (ḥiṣār)
• Armenian: շրջափակում (hy) (šrǰapʿakum)
• Belarusian: блака́да f (blakáda)
• Bulgarian: блока́да (bg) f (blokáda)
• Catalan: bloqueig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 封鎖 (zh), 封锁 (zh) (fēngsuǒ)

• Czech: blokáda f
• Danish: blokade c
• Dutch: blokkade (nl) f
• Esperanto: blokado
• Finnish: saarto (fi)
• French: blocus (fr) m
• German: Blockade (de) f
• Greek: αποκλεισμός (el) m (apokleismós)

• Hungarian: blokád (hu), ostromzár (hu)
• Italian: blocco (it) m
• Japanese: 封鎖 (ふうさ, fūsa), 遮断 (しゃだん, shadan)
• Korean: 봉쇄 (ko) (bongswae)
• Kyrgyz: блокада (ky) (blokada)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blokade m

  Nynorsk: blokade m

• Polish: blokada (pl) f
• Portuguese: bloqueio (pt)
• Romanian: blocadă (ro) f, blocare (ro) f, blocaj (ro) n
• Russian: блока́да (ru) f (blokáda)
• Spanish: bloqueo (es) m
• Swedish: blockad (sv) c
• Ukrainian: блока́да (uk) f (blokáda)

Verb

blockade (third-person singular simple present blockades, present participle blockading, simple past and past participle blockaded)

1. (transitive) To create a blockade against.

Translations

to create a blockade against

• Armenian: շրջափակել (hy) (šrǰapʿakel)
• Bulgarian: блоки́рам (bg) impf, pf (blokíram)
• Catalan: bloquejar (ca)
• Finnish: saartaa (fi)
• Greek: αποκλείω (el) (apokleío)
• Japanese: 封鎖する (ふうさする, fūsa suru)

• Kyrgyz: камоо (ky) (kamoo) кама (ky) (kama)
• Polish: blokować (pl)
• Portuguese: bloquear (pt)
• Romanian: bloca (ro)
• Russian: блоки́ровать (ru) impf (blokírovatʹ)
• Swedish: blockera (sv), spärra (sv)

Anagrams

• dockable