English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obstāculum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒbstəkəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑbstəkəl/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: ob‧sta‧cle
Noun
[edit]obstacle (plural obstacles)
- Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
- A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.
- (Can we add an example for this sense? )
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
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Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin obstāculum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [upsˈta.klə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [opsˈta.klə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [opsˈta.kle]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
[edit]obstacle m (plural obstacles)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “obstacle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin obstāculum, from obstō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɔp.stakl/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Hérault)): (file) Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
[edit]obstacle m (plural obstacles)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “obstacle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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