hinder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ̯n.dəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈhaɪ̯n.dəː]
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• General-American: /ˈhaɪ̯n.dɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈhaɪ̯n.dɚ] ~ [ˈhaɪ̯n.dɹ̩]
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• /ˈhaːn.dɚ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
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• [ˈhaːn.dɚ] ~ [ˈhaːn.dɹ̩] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
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• rhymes with -aɪndə(ɹ)
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪndəː/
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈhɪndəː]
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• General-American: /ˈhɪndɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈhɪndɚ] ~ [ˈhɪndɹ̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English hinder, comparative form of hind: more hind.

From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

298 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَلْفِيّ (ḵalfiyy) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Armenian: ետեւի (etewi) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Armenian: ետին (etin) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Belarusian: за́дні (zádni) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Bulgarian: заден (zaden) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Chinese: 後面 /后面 (zh-min-nan) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Chinese Mandarin: 後面 /后面 (hòumiàn) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Danish: bagest — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Danish: bag- — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Dutch: achterste — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Esperanto: malantaŭa — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Faroese: aftastur — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Faroese: aftari — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Faroese: afturi — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Finnish: taka- — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Finnish: perä- — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• French: arrière — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• French: derrière — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Georgian: უკანა (uḳana) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• German: Hinter- — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• German: hinter — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Greek: πισινός (pisinós) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Greek: οπίσθιος (opísthios) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Hungarian: hátsó — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Japanese: 後ろの (ushiro no) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Khmer: ខាងក្រោយ (kāng graoī) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Korean: 뒤 (dwi) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Latin: āversus — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Latin: posterior — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Macedonian: заден (zaden) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakre — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Norwegian Bokmål: bak- — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakre — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakare — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bak- — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Polish: tylny — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Portuguese: traseiro — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Portuguese: posterior — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Russian: за́дний (zádnij) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Serbo-Croatian: стражњи — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Serbo-Croatian: задњи — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Serbo-Croatian: stražnji — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Serbo-Croatian: zadnji — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Slovak: zadný — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Swedish: bakre — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Swedish: compounds with bak — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Thai: ส่วนหลัง (sùan lăng) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Thai: ข้างหลัง (kâang-lǎng) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Thai: หลัง (lǎng) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Ukrainian: задній (zadnij) — of or belonging to that part in the rear
• Arabic: رِدْف (ridf) — slang: buttocks
• Arabic: عَجِيزَة (ʕajīza) — slang: buttocks
• Armenian: հետույք (hetuykʻ) — slang: buttocks
• Bulgarian: задник (zadnik) — slang: buttocks
• Esperanto: postaĵo — slang: buttocks
• Finnish: persaus — slang: buttocks
• Georgian: უკანალი (uḳanali) — slang: buttocks
• German: Hintern — slang: buttocks
• Khmer: គូត (gūt) — slang: buttocks
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakdel — slang: buttocks
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakende — slang: buttocks
• Norwegian Bokmål: rumpe — slang: buttocks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakdel — slang: buttocks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakende — slang: buttocks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rumpe — slang: buttocks
• Polish: sempiterna — slang: buttocks
• Portuguese: traseiro — slang: buttocks
• Portuguese: bunda — slang: buttocks
• Russian: за́дница (zádnica) — slang: buttocks
• Spanish: nalgas — slang: buttocks
• Swedish: bak — slang: buttocks
• Swedish: ända — slang: buttocks
• Swedish: rumpa — slang: buttocks
• Thai: ก้น (gôn) — slang: buttocks
• Thai: ตูด (dtùut) — slang: buttocks
• Albanian: mbodhis — to make difficult to accomplish
• Albanian: ndërhyj — to make difficult to accomplish
• Aleut: ayqiniisax̂talix — to make difficult to accomplish
• Arabic: عَاقَ (ʕāqa) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Arabic: عَرْقَلَ (ʕarqala) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Arabic: مَنَعَ (manaʕa) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Armenian: խոչընդոտել (xočʻəndotel) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Armenian: խանգարել (xangarel) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Belarusian: заміна́ць (zaminácʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Belarusian: перашкаджа́ць (pjeraškadžácʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Belarusian: перашкодзіць (pjeraškódzicʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Bulgarian: затруднявам (zatrudnjavam) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Catalan: destorbar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Catalan: dificultar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Chinese: 阻礙 /阻碍 (zh-min-nan) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Chinese Mandarin: 妨礙 /妨碍 (fáng'ài) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Chinese Mandarin: 阻礙 /阻碍 (zǔ'ài) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Czech: ztěžovat — to make difficult to accomplish
• Czech: komplikovat — to make difficult to accomplish
• Danish: hindre — to make difficult to accomplish
• Dutch: hinderen (hinder) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Dutch: moeilijk maken — to make difficult to accomplish
• Esperanto: malhelpi — to make difficult to accomplish
• Estonian: takistama — to make difficult to accomplish
• Estonian: pidurdama — to make difficult to accomplish
• Estonian: tagasi hoidma — to make difficult to accomplish
• Finnish: estää — to make difficult to accomplish
• Finnish: haitata — to make difficult to accomplish
• Finnish: vaikeuttaa — to make difficult to accomplish
• French: entraver — to make difficult to accomplish
• Galician: dificultar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Galician: estorbar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Georgian: აბრკოლებს (abrḳolebs) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Georgian: აფერხებს (aperxebs) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Georgian: ხელს უშლის (xels ušlis) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Georgian: ურთულებს (urtulebs) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Georgian: აკავებს (aḳavebs) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Georgian: ბოჭავს (boč̣avs) — to make difficult to accomplish
• German: erschweren — to make difficult to accomplish
• German: behindern — to make difficult to accomplish
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Greek: παρεμποδίζω (parempodízo) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Ancient Greek: κολύω (kolúō) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Hawaiian: keʻa — to make difficult to accomplish
• Hawaiian: hoʻokeʻa — to make difficult to accomplish
• Hungarian: meggátol — to make difficult to accomplish
• Hungarian: megakadályoz — to make difficult to accomplish
• Ingrian: estää — to make difficult to accomplish
• Ingrian: hämmentää — to make difficult to accomplish
• Italian: impedire — to make difficult to accomplish
• Japanese: 妨げる (samatageru) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Korean: 저지하다 (jeojihada) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Latin: obstō — to make difficult to accomplish
• Latin: officiō — to make difficult to accomplish
• Māori: whakakōpekapeka — to make difficult to accomplish
• Māori: whakakōroiroi — to make difficult to accomplish
• Norwegian Bokmål: hemme — to make difficult to accomplish
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hemme — to make difficult to accomplish
• Oromo: gufachiisuu — to make difficult to accomplish
• Persian: دشوار کردن (došvâr kardan) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Polish: utrudniać — to make difficult to accomplish
• Polish: utrudnić — to make difficult to accomplish
• Polish: przeszkadzać — to make difficult to accomplish
• Polish: przeszkodzić — to make difficult to accomplish
• Polish: powstrzymywać — to make difficult to accomplish
• Polish: powstrzymać — to make difficult to accomplish
• Portuguese: dificultar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Portuguese: frustrar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Romanian: împiedica — to make difficult to accomplish
• Romanian: stânjeni — to make difficult to accomplish
• Romanian: îngreuna — to make difficult to accomplish
• Russian: меша́ть (mešátʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Russian: помеша́ть (pomešátʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Russian: препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Russian: воспрепя́тствовать (vosprepjátstvovatʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Russian: стесня́ть (stesnjátʹ) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Serbo-Croatian: спречити — to make difficult to accomplish
• Serbo-Croatian: отежавати — to make difficult to accomplish
• Serbo-Croatian: sprečiti — to make difficult to accomplish
• Serbo-Croatian: otežavati — to make difficult to accomplish
• Slovak: sťažovať — to make difficult to accomplish
• Slovak: prekážať — to make difficult to accomplish
• Slovak: brániť — to make difficult to accomplish
• Slovak: brzdiť — to make difficult to accomplish
• Slovak: komplikovať — to make difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: impedir — to make difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: obstar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: dificultar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: estorbar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: embarazar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Spanish: obstaculizar — to make difficult to accomplish
• Swahili: kinga — to make difficult to accomplish
• Swahili: kinza — to make difficult to accomplish
• Swedish: hindra — to make difficult to accomplish
• Swedish: försvåra — to make difficult to accomplish
• Tamil: தடு (taṭu) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Thai: กีดขวาง (gèet-kwăang) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Thai: กีด (gèet) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Tocharian B: täṅk- — to make difficult to accomplish
• Vietnamese: cả trở — to make difficult to accomplish
• Vietnamese: cản trở — to make difficult to accomplish
• Welsh: rhwystro — to make difficult to accomplish
• Yiddish: שטערן (shtern) — to make difficult to accomplish
• Zazaki: deswar kerden — to make difficult to accomplish
• Albanian: pengoj — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Arabic: عَاقَ (ʕāqa) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Arabic: عَرْقَلَ (ʕarqala) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Armenian: խոչընդոտել (xočʻəndotel) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Aromanian: ncheadic — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Belarusian: затры́мліваць (zatrýmlivacʹ) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Belarusian: затрыма́ць (zatrymácʹ) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Bulgarian: преча (preča) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Bulgarian: спъвам (spǎvam) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Catalan: destorbar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Catalan: dificultar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Chinese Cantonese: 阻住 (zo2 zyu6) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Chinese: 阻礙 /阻碍 (zh-min-nan) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Chinese Mandarin: 妨礙 /妨碍 (fáng'ài) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Chinese Mandarin: 阻礙 /阻碍 (zǔ'ài) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Czech: překážet — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Czech: bránit — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Czech: zdržovat — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Danish: hindre — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Dutch: hinderen (hinder, impede) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Dutch: verhinderen (hinder, impede) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Dutch: vertragen — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Esperanto: malhelpi — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Estonian: takistama — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Faroese: hindra — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Faroese: forða — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Faroese: tálma — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Faroese: tarna — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Finnish: estää — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Finnish: haitata — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Finnish: viivyttää — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Finnish: pidättää — to keep back; to delay or impede
• French: entraver — to keep back; to delay or impede
• French: délayer — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: impedir — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: estorbar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: atrapallar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: avetar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: toller — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: pexar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: engueimar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: barar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: enfezar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Galician: encalfurnar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Georgian: ხელის შეშლა (xelis šešla) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Georgian: შეფერხება (šeperxeba) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Georgian: დაბრკოლება (dabrḳoleba) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• German: hindern — to keep back; to delay or impede
• German: behindern — to keep back; to delay or impede
• German: erschweren — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (analatjan) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Greek: παρεμποδίζω (parempodízo) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Ancient Greek: κωλύω (kōlúō) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Ancient Greek: ἐγκόπτω (enkóptō) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Hindi: रोकना (roknā) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Hungarian: gátol — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Hungarian: akadályoz — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Hungarian: feltart — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Icelandic: varna — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Icelandic: tálma — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Italian: ostacolare — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Italian: ritardare — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Italian: intralciare — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Italian: impedire — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Japanese: 妨げる (samatageru) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Khmer: ពាំង (bpēiəng) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Korean: 방해하다 (banghaehada) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Latin: impediō — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Low German: hinnern — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Low German: behinnern — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Luxembourgish: hënneren — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Luxembourgish: behënneren — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Māori: whakakōpekapeka — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Norwegian Bokmål: hindre — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Norwegian Bokmål: forhindre — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hindre — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forhindre — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Old English: hindrian — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Persian: بازداشتن — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Polish: wstrzymywać — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Polish: opóźniać — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Portuguese: impedir — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Portuguese: reter — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Portuguese: entravar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Portuguese: estorvar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Portuguese: atrapalhar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Romanian: împiedica — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Romanian: reține — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Russian: меша́ть (mešátʹ) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Russian: помеша́ть (pomešátʹ) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Russian: препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Russian: воспрепя́тствовать (vosprepjátstvovatʹ) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: спречити — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: запречавати — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: кочити — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: одмоћи — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: sprečiti — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: zaprečavati — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: kočiti — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Serbo-Croatian: odmoći — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovak: spomaľovať — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovak: brzdiť — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovak: brániť — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovak: zdržovať — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovak: prekážať — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovak: blokovať — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovak: stáť v ceste — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Slovene: ovirati — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Spanish: estorbar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Spanish: impedir — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Spanish: entorpecer — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Spanish: obstar — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Swahili: zuia — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Swahili: pinga — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Swedish: hindra — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Swedish: fördröja — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Thai: หยุดยั้ง (yòot yáng) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Urdu: روکنا (roknā) — to keep back; to delay or impede
• Yiddish: שטערן (shtern) — to keep back; to delay or impede