barricade

== English == === Etymology === The noun is borrowed from French barricade, or an assimilation of the earlier barricado to the French form. The verb is from the noun or French barricader. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌbɛɹɪˈkeɪd/ === Noun === barricade (plural barricades) A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. (figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation. (figuratively) Line of people standing behind or closest to the barricade in the pit section of a live music concert. ==== Derived terms ==== barricade tape ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== barricade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Barricade in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Verb === barricade (third-person singular simple present barricades, present participle barricading, simple past and past participle barricaded) To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade. To keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Dutch == === Alternative forms === baricade (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from French barricade, from Italian barricata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbɑ.riˈkaː.də/ Hyphenation: bar‧ri‧ca‧de Rhymes: -aːdə === Noun === barricade f (plural barricades or barricaden, diminutive barricadetje n) a barricade [from early 17th c.] Synonyms: barricadering, versperring ==== Derived terms ==== barricaderen ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: barrikade Negerhollands: barrikad, barkad → Virgin Islands Creole: barikat (archaic) → Indonesian: barikadê == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.ʁi.kad/ Homophones: barricadent, barricades === Etymology 1 === From barrique (“cask”) +‎ -ade (“group”). So named after the first street barricades in Paris, which were composed of casks filled with earth, paving stones, etc. ==== Noun ==== barricade f (plural barricades) barricade ===== Derived terms ===== barricader ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== barricade inflection of barricader: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “barricade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012