empêchement
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French empeschement. Morphologically, from empêcher + -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.