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bloquer

Pronunciation: /blɔ.ke/

“bloquer” is a French word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct
  2. to jam, to wedge, to fix in place
  3. to freeze (e.g. prices)
  4. to defeat
  5. to block, to impede, to hinder
  6. to freeze, to lock up
  7. to become jammed
  8. to retreat

In French

  1. Fermer par un blocus les avenues d'une place, les approches d'un port, etc, immobiliser par un blocus.
  2. Empêcher de bouger, de se déplacer, d'avoir lieu; arrêter, immobiliser.
  3. Aux jeu de billes, tout miser.
  4. Réunir en bloc.
  5. Garnir d’une maçonnerie de pierres brutes noyées dans du mortier l’entre-deux des parements d’un mur, l’intérieur d’une pile de pont, etc.
  6. Mettre à dessein dans la composition une lettre renversée ou retournée, à la place de celle qui devrait y être, mais qui manque dans la casse.
  7. Étudier, bûcher en période de blocus.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.

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