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)

  1. impediment, hold-up, hitch
    avoir un empêchement ― to hit a snag, to get held up

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