bloquer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɔ.ke/ === Verb === bloquer to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct to jam, to wedge, to fix in place to freeze (e.g. prices) to defeat to block, to impede, to hinder (reflexive, of a computer program) to freeze, to lock up (reflexive) to become jammed (reflexive) to retreat ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== blocage bloque bloqueuse bloqueur ==== Descendants ==== → German: blockieren → Galician: bloquear → Romanian: bloca → Spanish: bloquear→ Portuguese: bloquear === Further reading === “bloquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012