barricade en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbaɾɪked/ (Scotland)
- /ˈbæɹɪkæɪd/ (Australia)
- /ˈbaɹɪkɛjd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈbɛɹɪkeɪd/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈbaɾɪkeːd/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
- (US) audio
- /ˌbæɹɪˈkæɪd/ (Australia)
- /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ (US) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/ (US) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˌbaɹɪˈkɛjd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌbɛɹɪˈkeɪd/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˌbɛɹəˈkæɪd/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˌbaɾɪˈked/ (Scotland)
- /ˌbaɾɪˈkeːd/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
- /ˈbɛɹəkæɪd/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from French barricade, or an assimilation of the earlier barricado to the French form. The verb is from the noun or French barricader.
Meanings
- A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
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An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.
1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:Salah will ask himself forever how he did not score at least one goal here. He might have nightmares featuring the face of Courtois, such was the one-man barricade he formed.
2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport:Her future friend from grade six, Millie Mirarch, was often caught in various parts of the school being told that she was extremely pretty —for a girl with teeth held together by a metal wire that protruded well beyond the barricade of her lips.
2019, Roshini Sharma, Dr. Scoop and The N.E.R.D.S.: The Frankfurter of Doom:
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(figuratively, in-plural) A place of confrontation.
I have a friend who finds the whole idea of a gay marching band distasteful on the grounds that it replicates straight culture. I'm not ready to follow her to the barricades on that because I think that to some extent the sight of women banging bass drums and men prancing around in pink spandex has to undermine a patriarchal and heterosexist assumption or two.
1983 December 3, Jolanta Benal, “Spandex, Sousa, Bad Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 6:
- (figuratively) Line of people standing behind or closest to the barricade in the pit section of a live music concert.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| barricades | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Barricade in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Translations (64)
pl barykada (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · hu barikád (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ru огражде́ние (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · pt barricada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · el οδόφραγμα (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · mk барикада (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · fi katusulku (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · sq barrikadë (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · es barricada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · yi באַריקאַדן (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · oc barricada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ro baricadă (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ka ბარიკადა (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · enm barrere (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ru баррика́да (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · ja バリケード (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · yue 路障 (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · mi takitaki (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ky баррикада (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ga bábhún (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · sh барика́да (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · uk барика́да (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · eo barikado (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ca barricada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ckb سەنگەر (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · hy բարիկադ (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · id barikade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ar مِتْرَاس (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · hy պատնեշ (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · de Barrikade (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · mi tāiha (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · no barrikade (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · nb barrikade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · gl barricada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · nl barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ru баррика́да (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · uz barrikada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · be барыка́да (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · cmn 路障 (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · sh barikada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · sk barikáda (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · it barricata (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · fi barrikadi (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · bg барика́да (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · sv barrikad (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · tr barikat (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · de Barrikade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · tl barikada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · sq barrikadë (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · tk barrikada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · eu barrikada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · hy պատնեշ (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · nn barrikade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · hy բարիկադ (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · pl barykada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · lt barikada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · da barrikade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · fr barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · crh barrikada (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · sv barrikad (an obstacle, barrier or bulwark) · cs barikáda (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · et barrikaad (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ga baracáid (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) · ko 바리케이드 (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)