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A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: barrier, roadblock
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
dil əngəli
— barrier to communication
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Basque:
hizkuntz oztopo
— barrier to communication
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Catalan:
barrera lingüística
— barrier to communication
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Chinese Mandarin:
語言障礙 /语言障碍
(yǔyán zhàng'ài)
— barrier to communication
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Dutch:
taalkloof
— barrier to communication
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Esperanto:
lingva baro
— barrier to communication
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Finnish:
kielimuuri
— barrier to communication
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French:
barrière linguistique
— barrier to communication
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Galician:
barreira lingüística
— barrier to communication
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German:
Sprachbarriere
— barrier to communication
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Hungarian:
nyelvi korlát
— barrier to communication
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Irish:
bacainn teanga
— barrier to communication
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Italian:
barriera linguistica
— barrier to communication
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Japanese:
言葉の壁
(kotoba no kabe)
— barrier to communication
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Kazakh:
тілдік кедергі
(tıldık kedergı)
— barrier to communication
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Korean:
언어장벽
(eoneo jangbyeok)
— barrier to communication
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Northern Kurdish:
astenga zimanî
— barrier to communication
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Polish:
bariera językowa
— barrier to communication
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Portuguese:
barreira linguística
— barrier to communication
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Romanian:
barieră lingvistică
— barrier to communication
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Russian:
языково́й барье́р
(jazykovój barʹjér)
— barrier to communication
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Scottish Gaelic:
cnap-starra cànain
— barrier to communication
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Spanish:
barrera idiomática
— barrier to communication
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Spanish:
barrera lingual
— barrier to communication
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Spanish:
barrera lingüística
— barrier to communication
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Swedish:
språkbarriär
— barrier to communication
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Tagalog:
hadlang ng wika
— barrier to communication
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Thai:
กําแพงภาษา
— barrier to communication
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Ukrainian:
мовний бар'єр
(movnyj barʺjer)
— barrier to communication
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Vietnamese:
rào cản ngôn ngữ
— barrier to communication
