English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From hinder + -ance
hindrance (plural hindrances)
- Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
- High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
- The state or act of hindering something
- Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
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Translations[edit]
something which hinders
- Albanian: pengesë (sq)
- Aromanian: cheadicã f
- Bulgarian: пречка (bg) f (prečka), спънка (bg) f (spǎnka), препятствие (bg) n (prepjatstvie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 障礙 (zh), 障碍 (zh) (zhàng'ài), 阻力 (zh) (zǔlì), 阻礙 (zh) (阻礙), 阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài)
- Czech: překážka (cs) f
- Finnish: este (fi), haitta (fi)
- French: entrave (fr) f, obstacle (fr)
- German: Behinderung (de) f, Hindernis (de) n
- Greek: κώλυμα (el) n (kólyma), εμπόδιο (el) n (empódio)
- Ancient: ἐγκοπή f (enkopḗ)
- Hungarian: akadály (hu)
- Icelandic: hindrun (is) f
- Ido: impedo (io), impedivo (io)
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- Indonesian: halangan (id)
- Irish: éaradh m
- Italian: impaccio (it) m, ostacolo (it) m, impedimento (it) m
- Japanese: 邪魔 (ja) (じゃま, jama), 支障 (ししょう, shishō), 妨害 (ja) (ぼうがい, bōgai)
- Korean: 방해 (ko) (妨害, banghӕ)
- Latvian: šķērslis (lv) m
- Polish: przeszkoda (pl) f
- Portuguese: obstáculo (pt) m
- Romanian: piedică (ro), impediment (ro) n, obstacol (ro) n
- Russian: поме́ха (ru) f (poméxa), препя́тствие (ru) n (prepjátstvije)
- Scottish Gaelic: amaladh m, bacadh m, èislean m
- Spanish: obstáculo (es), rémora (es)
- Thai: อุปสรรค (th) (ùp-bpà-sàk), ขวากหนาม (th) (kwàak-nǎam), มารผจญ (maan-pà-jon)
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