barrier

Etymology
From, , , from (compare 🇨🇬), from.

Noun

 * 1) A structure that bars passage.
 * The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train.
 * The bomber had passed through one checkpoint before blowing himself up at a second barrier.
 * 1) An obstacle or impediment.
 * Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.
 * 1) A boundary or limit.
 * Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier.
 * 1)  A node (in ) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
 * 2)  A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
 * 3)  The lists in a tournament.
 * 4)  A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
 * 1)  A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:hindrance

Translations

 * Afrikaans: versperring
 * Arabic: حَاجِز
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: бар'ер, шлагба́ум
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: barriere, afspærring
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: barjäär, tõkkepuu
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბარიერი
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, csapórúd
 * Ido:
 * Irish: fál
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: барие́ра
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sperring,
 * Nynorsk: sperring, bom
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bacadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: барије́ра
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tarifit: afray
 * Ukrainian:, шлагба́ум
 * Walloon:, ,


 * Afrikaans: hindernis
 * Arabic: عَقَبَة, حَاجِز
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sədd
 * Belarusian: бар'е́р, перашко́да, перапо́на, перагаро́да
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: barriere, forhindring
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: barjäär, tõke
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, रुकावट
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: кедергі
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: барие́ра, пречка, препрека
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Hindaniss
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bacadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре̏града, пре̏прека, пре̏пона
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: bariéra, prekážka
 * Slovene: pregrada,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tajik:, садд
 * Ukrainian:, перешко́да, перепо́на
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, xhame el voye


 * Belarusian: лімі́т, мяжа́
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: лімі́т, межа́
 * Walloon: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To block or obstruct with a barrier.