block

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
2. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
3. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
4. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
5. (dated) A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
6. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
7. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
8. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
9. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
10. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
11. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
12. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
13. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
14. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
15. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
16. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
17. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
18. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
19. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
20. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
21. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
22. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
23. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
24. A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
25. A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
26. Something that prevents something from passing.
27. Something that prevents something from passing.
28. Something that prevents something from passing.
29. Something that prevents something from passing.
30. Something that prevents something from passing.
31. Something that prevents something from passing.
32. Something that prevents something from passing.
33. Something that prevents something from passing.
34. Something that prevents something from passing.
35. Something that prevents something from passing.
36. Something that prevents something from passing.
37. (slang) The human head.
38. (UK) Solitary confinement.
39. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid person; a dolt.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
2. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
3. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
4. (transitive) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
5. (transitive) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
6. (transitive) To hit with a block.
7. (intransitive) To play a block shot.
8. (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
9. (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
10. (intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
11. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
12. (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
13. (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
14. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To knock the hat of (a person) down over their eyes.

Concepts

bloc

bloquer

barrer

boucher

blocage

billot

obstruer

arrêter

poulie

entraver

encombrer

empêcher

🛑

bûche

pâté de maison

fermer

obstruction

pâté

rue

îlot

pâté de maisons

endiguer

raccommoder

se mettre en travers

pavé

ville

🏙️

tronche

cliché

bloc-moteur

gêner

engorger

oublier

retenir

contrer

paquet

parallélépipède rectangle

parer

paté

planche

quartier

section

souche

tête

tête de mule

voisinage

copeau de bois

engorgement

enrayer

faire arrêter

ingérence

morceau de bois

Synonymes

obstruct

hinder

stop

🛑

bar

impede

prevent

obstruction

clog

blockade

log

check

thwart

stop up

choke

plug

barrier

pulley

barricade

blocking

jam

stymie

obstacle

stoppage

intercept

parry

close

block up

hamper

halt

hindrance

stuff

forbid

cover

stymy

blockage

cut off

shut

batch

seal

🦭

congest

block off

stump

hurdle

impediment

choke up

occlude

pad

draw a blank

oppose

section

Traductions

Block

blocco

bloccare

bloque

blok

bloquear

blockieren

blocar

Klotz

bloco

ostruire

ceppo

bloquejar

isolato

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/blɒk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: blok

Appartenant à Old Frisian: blok

Appartenant à Old Saxon: blok

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: bloh

Appartenant à ancien anglais: bolca

Appartenant à vieux norrois: bǫlkr

In summary

From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.