encombrer

Meaning

1. (transitive) to block off, to clutter, to clutter up, to congest
2. (transitive) to encumber, to burden
3. (transitive) to jam (e.g. a switchboard)

Concepts

encumber

block

congest

obstruct

lumber up

choke

overfill

close up

clutter up

fill

fill up

foul

glut

hinder

impede

interfere

jam

load

lumber

obturate

occlude

occupy

overcrowd

overstuff

restrain

shut up

stop up

take up

plug up

be blocked

stand in another’s way

back up

be obstructed

burden

choke off

clog

clog up

clutter

constrain

crowd

cumber

Synonyms

barrer

boucher

barricader

obstruer

gêner

bloquer

entraver

être triste

fermer

importuner

imposer

limiter

obliger

occuper

raccommoder

restreindre

être bouché

astreindre

être blocké

bourrer

charger

contraindre

déranger

embarrasser

empêtrer

Translations

ingombrare

kapamak

bloccare

tapar

kalabalıkla doldurmak

tıkamak

cargar

gremire

ingombro

ostruire

عرقل

غرز

منع

حبس

تعطل

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: encombrer

Inherited from Old French: encombrer

Cognate with Old Irish: conbeir

In summary

Inherited from Middle French encombrer, from Old French encombrer (“to hinder, burden, encumber”), from Early Medieval Latin incombrāre (“to hinder, inconvenience, burden”), from combrus (“barricade of felled trees”), possibly from Gaulish *komberū (cf. Breton kember, Irish comar, cumar, Welsh cymmer), from Proto-Celtic *kombereti (“to bring together”) (compare Old Irish conbeir (“brings together, bears”)), from *kom- + *bereti (“to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to be carrying”).
Alternatively from Latin cumulus (“heap, pile”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”).