obstruction

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• UK: /əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B S T R AH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խոչընդոտում (xočʻəndotum) — the act of obstructing
• Armenian: խափանում (xapʻanum) — the act of obstructing
• Bulgarian: преграждане (pregraždane) — the act of obstructing
• Bulgarian: блокиране (blokirane) — the act of obstructing
• Catalan: obstrucció — the act of obstructing
• Dutch: belemmering — the act of obstructing
• Dutch: obstructie — the act of obstructing
• Finnish: estäminen — the act of obstructing
• French: obstruction — the act of obstructing
• German: Obstruktion — the act of obstructing
• German: Verhinderung — the act of obstructing
• German: Blockierung — the act of obstructing
• German: Störung — the act of obstructing
• Greek: παρεμπόδιση (parempódisi) — the act of obstructing
• Greek: εμπόδιο (empódio) — the act of obstructing
• Greek: παρακώλυση (parakólysi) — the act of obstructing
• Hungarian: akadályozás — the act of obstructing
• Hungarian: obstrukció — the act of obstructing
• Indonesian: obstruksi — the act of obstructing
• Italian: ostruzione — the act of obstructing
• Latin: obstructiō — the act of obstructing
• Marathi: अडथळा (aḍathḷā) — the act of obstructing
• Marathi: अवरोध (avrodh) — the act of obstructing
• Portuguese: obstrução — the act of obstructing
• Romanian: împiedicare — the act of obstructing
• Romanian: obstrucționare — the act of obstructing
• Romanian: blocare — the act of obstructing
• Romanian: obstrucție — the act of obstructing
• Russian: препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) — the act of obstructing
• Russian: обстру́кция (obstrúkcija) — the act of obstructing
• Russian: препя́тствование (prepjátstvovanije) — the act of obstructing
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh — the act of obstructing
• Serbo-Croatian: opstrukcija — the act of obstructing
• Serbo-Croatian: ometanje — the act of obstructing
• Spanish: obstrucción — the act of obstructing
• Turkish: engel olma — the act of obstructing
• Bulgarian: пречка (prečka) — that which obstructs or impedes
• Bulgarian: затруднение (zatrudnenie) — that which obstructs or impedes
• Catalan: obstrucció — that which obstructs or impedes
• Dutch: obstructie — that which obstructs or impedes
• Dutch: obstakel — that which obstructs or impedes
• Dutch: hindernis — that which obstructs or impedes
• Finnish: este — that which obstructs or impedes
• Finnish: tukkeuma — that which obstructs or impedes
• French: obstruction — that which obstructs or impedes
• German: Sperre — that which obstructs or impedes
• German: Hindernis — that which obstructs or impedes
• German: Verschluss — that which obstructs or impedes
• Greek: καταιγισμός (kataigismós) — that which obstructs or impedes
• Greek: αποκλεισμός (apokleismós) — that which obstructs or impedes
• Hungarian: akadály — that which obstructs or impedes
• Italian: ostruzione — that which obstructs or impedes
• Latin: obstructiō — that which obstructs or impedes
• Māori: hōtaetae — that which obstructs or impedes
• Old English: hremming — that which obstructs or impedes
• Portuguese: obstrução — that which obstructs or impedes
• Romanian: obstrucție — that which obstructs or impedes
• Russian: препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) — that which obstructs or impedes
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh — that which obstructs or impedes
• Serbo-Croatian: opstrukcija — that which obstructs or impedes
• Serbo-Croatian: ometalo — that which obstructs or impedes
• Spanish: obstrucción — that which obstructs or impedes
• Telugu: ఆటంకం (āṭaṅkaṁ) — that which obstructs or impedes
• Telugu: అడ్డం (aḍḍaṁ) — that which obstructs or impedes