filibuster

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪbʌstə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈfɪləˌbəstər/
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• General-American: /ˈfɪləbʌstɚ/
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Borrowed from Spanish filibustero (“pirate”), from French flibustier, ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter (“freebooter”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (“agent”). The alteration in the first syllable in French is due to the word's being somewhat conflated with vlieboot (“light, flat-bottomed cargo vessel with two or three masts”) when it was borrowed into French or another language from Dutch. The word is cognate and analogous to English freebooter.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пират (pirat) — freebooter
• Catalan: filibuster — freebooter
• Danish: fribytter — freebooter
• Esperanto: flibustro — freebooter
• Finnish: palkkasoturi — freebooter
• Finnish: rosvo — freebooter
• French: flibustier — freebooter
• German: Freibeuter — freebooter
• Greek: κουρσάρος (koursáros) — freebooter
• Greek: πειρατής (peiratís) — freebooter
• Hungarian: kalóz — freebooter
• Hungarian: martalóc — freebooter
• Hungarian: fosztogató — freebooter
• Italian: filibustiere — freebooter
• Norwegian: fribytter — freebooter
• Portuguese: flibusteiro — freebooter
• Russian: флибустье́р (flibustʹjér) — freebooter
• Russian: пира́т (pirát) — freebooter
• Russian: наёмник (najómnik) — freebooter
• Spanish: filibustero — freebooter
• Catalan: filibusterisme — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Chinese Cantonese: 拉布 (laai1 bou3) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Chinese Mandarin: 冗長辯論 /冗长辩论 (rǒngcháng biànlùn) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Chinese Mandarin: 費力把事拖 /费力把事拖 (fèilìbǎshìtuō) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Chinese Mandarin: 拉布 (lābù) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Danish: filibuster — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Finnish: jarrutus — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Finnish: jarrutuspuhe — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• French: obstruction parlementaire — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• German: Dauerrede — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• German: Ermüdungsrede — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• German: Filibuster — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Greek: κωλυσιεργία (kolysiergía) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Hungarian: obstrukció — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Icelandic: málþóf — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Italian: ostruzionismo parlamentare — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Japanese: フィリバスター (firibasutā) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Japanese: 議事妨害 (giji bōgai) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Korean: 의사 진행 방해 (uisa jinhaeng banghae) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Korean: 필리버스터 (pillibeoseuteo) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Norwegian: filibuster — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Yiddish: אָבסטרוקציע (obstruktsye) — long speech given in order to delay proceedings or the making of a decision
• Catalan: filibuster — member of a legislative body causing such obstruction
• Finnish: jarruttaja — member of a legislative body causing such obstruction
• German: Dauerredner — member of a legislative body causing such obstruction
• Greek: κωλυσιεργός (kolysiergós) — member of a legislative body causing such obstruction
• Hungarian: obstrukcionista — member of a legislative body causing such obstruction
• Finnish: jarruttaa — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• German: filibustern — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• German: Obstruktion betreiben — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• German: verschleppen — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• German: eine Verschleppungstaktik betreiben — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• German: eine Hinhaltetaktik betreiben — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• German: eine Verzögerungstaktik betreiben — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• Greek: κωλυσιεργώ (kolysiergó) — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• Hungarian: obstruál — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
• Yiddish: אָבסטרויִרן (obstruirn) — to use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body