empêchement

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French empeschement. Morphologically, from empêcher (“to impede”) +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.mɑ̃/ === Noun === empêchement m (plural empêchements) impediment, hold-up, hitch avoir un empêchement ― to hit a snag, to get held up ==== See also ==== contretemps === Further reading === “empêchement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012