Dictionary

hindrance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɪndɹəns/
• [hɪnd̠͡ɹ̠˔əns]
• [ˈhɪnd͡ɹ̝əns]

Etymology

From Middle English hinderance, hinderaunce, hindraunce, hynderaunce, hynderawnce, hynderawns, hyndrance; equivalent to hinder + -ance.

Meanings

1. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
   • The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.] 1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24:
   • High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
2. The state or act of hindering something.
   • Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.

Forms

Deriveds

steric hindrance

Relateds

hinder

Synonyms

obstruction · obstacle · barrier · encumbrance · stumbling block · bump in the road · bone in the throat · hitch · impediment · hindrance · drag · roadblock · hurdle · bar

Translations (87)

pt obice (something which hinders) · fi haitta (something which hinders) · cs překážka (something which hinders) · nl obstakel (something which hinders) · ro impediment (something which hinders) · pt obstáculo (something which hinders) · gd bacadh (something which hinders) · ja 邪魔 (something which hinders) · ru препя́тствие (something which hinders) · gl estorbo (something which hinders) · th มารผจญ (something which hinders) · mi whakararu (something which hinders) · es rémora (something which hinders) · txb pkante (something which hinders) · ro obstacol (something which hinders) · it impedimento (something which hinders) · io impedivo (something which hinders) · fr obstacle (something which hinders) · pt freio (something which hinders) · gd èislean (something which hinders) · gl péga (something which hinders) · izh esse (something which hinders) · la impedīmentum (something which hinders) · nl hindernis (something which hinders) · ca nosa (something which hinders) · cmn 阻礙 /阻碍 (something which hinders) · la obiectus (something which hinders) · bg препятствие (something which hinders) · cmn 障礙 /障碍 (something which hinders) · vi vật cản (something which hinders) · ka შეფერხება (something which hinders) · bg спънка (something which hinders) · pt empecilho (something which hinders) · ka დაბრკოლება (something which hinders) · pt estorvo (something which hinders) · sq pengesë (something which hinders) · th ขวากหนาม (something which hinders) · io impedo (something which hinders) · he עַכָּבָה (something which hinders) · ko 방해 (something which hinders) · ja 妨害 (something which hinders) · es traba (something which hinders) · pt barreira (something which hinders) · de Behinderung (something which hinders) · el εμπόδιο (something which hinders) · scn mpidugghiu (something which hinders) · ga éaradh (something which hinders) · es obstáculo (something which hinders) · grc κώλυμα (something which hinders) · it ostacolo (something which hinders) · ca obstacle (something which hinders) · hi बाधा (something which hinders) · got 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (something which hinders) · pt obstrução (something which hinders) · th อุปสรรค (something which hinders) · rup cheadicã (something which hinders) · gl traba (something which hinders) · hi विघ्न (something which hinders) · it impaccio (something which hinders) · el κώλυμα (something which hinders) · ru поме́ха (something which hinders) · es impedimento (something which hinders) · pt impedimento (something which hinders) · bg пречка (something which hinders) · fr entrave (something which hinders) · ja 支障 (something which hinders) · hi अड़चन (something which hinders) · ro piedică (something which hinders) · ang hremming (something which hinders) · eo malhelpo (something which hinders) · is hindrun (something which hinders) · ca entrebanc (something which hinders) · fi este (something which hinders) · id halangan (something which hinders) · la ōbex (something which hinders) · gd amaladh (something which hinders) · pt entrave (something which hinders) · pl przeszkoda (something which hinders) · pdt Hindaniss (something which hinders) · az əngəl (something which hinders) · grc ἐγκοπή (something which hinders) · mg sakana (something which hinders) · cmn 阻力 (something which hinders) · de Hindernis (something which hinders) · lv šķērslis (something which hinders) · vi cản trở (something which hinders) · hu akadály (something which hinders)