hindrance

English

Alternative forms

• hinderance (archaic)
• hindraunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From hinder +‎ -ance

Noun

hindrance (plural hindrances)

1. 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.

2. The state or act of hindering something

   Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hindrance

Translations

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
• Dutch: hindernis (nl) f, obstakel (nl) n
• 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), κώλυμα n (kṓluma)

• Hungarian: akadály (hu)
• Icelandic: hindrun (is) f
• Ido: impedo (io), impedivo (io)

• 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) (banghae) (妨害)
• Latin: ōbex m or f, impedīmentum n
• Latvian: šķērslis (lv) m
• Malagasy: sakana (mg)
• Polish: przeszkoda (pl) f
• Portuguese: obstáculo (pt) m, obstrução (pt) f, entrave (pt) m, impedimento (pt) m, obice (pt) m, estorvo (pt) m, empecilho (pt) m, barreira (pt) f, freio (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), traba (es) f, impedimento (es) m
• Thai: อุปสรรค (th) (ùp-bpà-sàk), ขวากหนาม (th) (kwàak-nǎam), มารผจญ (maan-pà-jon)

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