Definition
A blockage or obstruction; the state of being blocked or the act of blocking.
Etymology
From French 'blocage,' derived from 'bloc' (block) plus '-age' (a French suffix creating nouns, borrowed into English). It refers to a state or condition of being blocked.
Kelly Says
The '-age' suffix is borrowed from French and creates many English nouns about states or conditions—'blockage,' 'leakage,' 'breakage'—and it came along with Norman French influence after 1066.
Translations
CACatalà
bloqueig
bloˈkeɪ
CSČeština
blokáda
bloˈkaːda
DEDeutsch
Blockade
bloˈkaːdə
ELΕλληνικά
μπλοκάρισμα
mploˈkarisma
ESEspañol
bloqueo
bloˈke.o
FISuomi
blokkaus
ˈblɔkkaʊs
FRFrançais
blocage
blo.kaʒ
IDBahasa Indonesia
blokade
bloˈkade
ITItaliano
blocco
ˈblokko
KKKK
блокировка
blokirovka
MSBahasa Melayu
blokade
bloˈkade
NLNederlands
blokkade
blokˈkaːdə
PLPolski
blokada
bloˈkada
PTPortuguês
bloqueio
bloˈkej.u
RUРусский
блокировка
blokirovka
SVSvenska
blockad
ˈblɔkad
SWKiswahili
blokade
bloˈkade
TAதமிழ்
கட்டுப்பாடு
kattuppāṭu
THไทย
การปิดกั้น
kaːn pʰid kɛn
UKУкраїнська
блокада
bloˈkada