barrier

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English

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barrier

Etymology

From Middle English barryer, barrere, barryȝer, from Old French barriere (compare French barrière), from Old French barre (“bar”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹi.ə(ɹ)/
(US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹi.ɚ/
(US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹi.ɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -æɹiə(ɹ)

Noun

barrier (plural barriers)

A structure that bars passage.
The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train.

The bomber had passed through one checkpoint before blowing himself up at a second barrier.
An obstacle or impediment.
Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.
- 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
  America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
A boundary or limit.
Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier.
(grammar) A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
(physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
(historical) The lists in a tournament.
(historical, in the plural) A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:hindrance

Derived terms

Translations

structure that bars passage

Afrikaans: versperring
Arabic: حَاجِز m (ḥājiz)
Armenian: պատնեշ (hy) (patneš)
Belarusian: бар'ер m (barʺjer), шлагба́ум m (šlahbáum) (on level crossings)
Bulgarian: барие́ра (bg) f (bariéra)
Catalan: barrera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 障 (zh) (zhàng), 柵欄／栅栏 (zh) (zhàlán)
Czech: bariéra (cs) f
Danish: barriere c, afspærring c
Dutch: barrière (nl) c, versperring (nl) f, slagboom (nl) m
Egyptian:

(sbḫt f)
Esperanto: barilo (eo)
Estonian: barjäär, (on level crossings) tõkkepuu
Finnish: aita (fi), este (fi)
French: barrière (fr) f
Galician: barreira (gl) f
Georgian: ბარიერი (barieri)
German: Sperre (de) f, Schranke (de) f, (on level crossings) Schlagbaum (de) m, Barriere (de) f, Absperrung (de) f
Greek: φράγμα (el) n (frágma)
Hebrew: מַחְסוֹם (he) m (makhsóm)
Hungarian: sorompó (hu), csapórúd
Ido: barilo (io)
Irish: fál m
Italian: barriera (it) f
Japanese: 障壁 (ja) (しょうへき, shōheki)
Korean: 장벽(障壁) (ko) (jangbyeok)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: berbest (ku)
Macedonian: барие́ра f (bariéra)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sperring m or f, bom (no) m (level crossing)

Nynorsk: sperring f, bom m (level crossing)
Polish: bariera (pl) f, barierka (pl) f
Portuguese: barreira (pt) f
Romanian: barieră (ro) f
Russian: барье́р (ru) m (barʹjér), (on level crossings) шлагба́ум (ru) m (šlagbáum)
Scottish Gaelic: (on level crossings) bacadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: барије́ра f

Roman: barijéra (sh) f
Spanish: barrera (es) f
Swahili: kizuizi (sw)
Swedish: bom (sv) c, barriär (sv) c, spärr (sv) c
Tarifit: afray m
Ukrainian: бар'є́р (uk) m (barʺjér), шлагба́ум m (šlahbáum) (on level crossings)
Walloon: bårire (wa) f, håjhe (wa) f, håjhea (wa) m

obstacle or impediment

Afrikaans: hindernis
Arabic: عَقَبَة f (ʕaqaba), حَاجِز m (ḥājiz)
Armenian: արգելք (hy) (argelkʻ)
Azerbaijani: sədd
Belarusian: бар'е́р m (barʺjér), перашко́да f (pjeraškóda), перапо́на f (pjerapóna), перагаро́да f (pjeraharóda)
Bulgarian: прегра́да (bg) f (pregráda), препя́тствие (bg) n (prepjátstvie), барие́ра (bg) f (bariéra)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 障 (zh) (zhàng), 障礙／障碍 (zh) (zhàng'ài)
Czech: bariéra (cs) f, překážka (cs) f
Danish: barriere c, forhindring c
Dutch: barrière (nl) c
Esperanto: barilo (eo)
Estonian: barjäär, tõke
Finnish: este (fi)
French: barrière (fr) f
Galician: barreira (gl) f
German: Barriere (de) f, Hindernis (de) n, Hürde (de) f
Greek: φράγμα (el) n (frágma)
Hindi: बाधा (hi) f (bādhā), रुकावट f (rukāvaṭ)
Hungarian: akadály (hu)
Ido: barilo (io)
Italian: barriera (it) f
Japanese: 障害 (ja) (しょうがい, shōgai)
Kazakh: кедергі (kedergı)
Korean: 장애(障礙) (ko) (jang'ae)
Macedonian: барие́ра f (bariéra), пречка f (prečka), препрека f (prepreka)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: саад (mn) (saad)
Persian: مانع (fa) (mâne'), سد (fa) (sadd)
Plautdietsch: Hindaniss n
Polish: bariera (pl) f, przeszkoda (pl) f
Portuguese: obstáculo (pt)
Romanian: barieră (ro) f
Russian: барье́р (ru) m (barʹjér), препя́тствие (ru) n (prepjátstvije), прегра́да (ru) f (pregráda)
Scottish Gaelic: bacadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пре̏града f, пре̏прека f, пре̏пона f

Roman: prȅgrada (sh) f, prȅpreka (sh) f, prȅpona (sh) f
Slovak: bariéra f, prekážka f
Slovene: pregrada f, ovira (sl) f
Spanish: barrera (es) f
Swahili: kizuizi (sw)
Tajik: монеа (tg) (monea), садд (sadd)
Ukrainian: бар'є́р (uk) m (barʺjér), перешко́да f (pereškóda), перепо́на f (perepóna)
Vietnamese: chướng ngại (vi)
Walloon: aroke (wa) f, xhame el voye m

boundary or limit

Belarusian: лімі́т m (limít), мяжа́ f (mjažá)
Bulgarian: гра́ница (bg) f (gránica), преде́л (bg) m (predél)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 障 (zh) (zhàng), 邊界／边界 (zh) (biānjiè)
Czech: bariéra (cs) f
Danish: grænse (da) c
Estonian: piir (et)
Finnish: raja (fi)
French: limite (fr) m, frontière (fr) f
German: Grenze (de) f
Hebrew: מַחְסוֹם (he) m (makhsóm)
Italian: limite (it) m
Polish: bariera (pl) f
Portuguese: limite (pt) m
Russian: преде́л (ru) m (predél), грани́ца (ru) f (graníca), лими́т (ru) m (limít)
Spanish: límite (es) m
Swahili: kizuizi (sw)
Swedish: gräns (sv) c
Ukrainian: лімі́т m (limít), межа́ f (mežá)
Walloon: limotche (wa) f, frontire (wa) f

Verb

barrier (third-person singular simple present barriers, present participle barriering, simple past and past participle barriered)

(transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.
Synonym: bar