barricade

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barricade

/ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/ UK
/ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ UK
/ˈbaɹɪkɛjd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌbaɹɪˈkɛjd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/ US
/ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ US
/ˈbɛɹɪkeɪd/
/ˌbɛɹɪˈkeɪd/
/ˈbæɹɪkæɪd/ Australia
/ˌbæɹɪˈkæɪd/ Australia
/ˈbɛɹəkæɪd/ New Zealand
/ˌbɛɹəˈkæɪd/ New Zealand
/ˈbaɾɪked/ Scotland
/ˌbaɾɪˈked/ Scotland
/ˈbaɾɪkeːd/ Wales
/ˌbaɾɪˈkeːd/ Wales

Where it comes from

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.

noun barricades

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.
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
figuratively Line of people standing behind or closest to the barricade in the pit section of a live music concert.

verb barricades · barricading · barricaded

To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade. I stood beside the sources of the Arveiron, which take their rise in a glacier, that with slow pace is advancing down from the summit of the hills, to barricade the valley.
To keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: barricado, bar, blockade, block, roadblock, block up, block off, barrier, gate, wall, fence, dam, barrage, damming, weir, river

Translations

Every language

noun a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

Español	barricada
한국어	바리케이드 barikeideu
日本語	バリケード barikēdo
中文	路障 lùzhàng
Português	barricada
Français	barricade
Deutsch	Barrikade
Italiano	barricata
Ελληνικά	οδόφραγμα odófragma
Română	baricadă
Русский	баррика́да barrikáda
العربية	مِتْرَاس mitrās

noun an obstacle, barrier or bulwark

Deutsch	Barrikade
Русский	баррика́да barrikáda, огражде́ние ograždénije

verb to close or block a road etc., using a barricade

Français	barricader
Deutsch	verbarrikadieren
Русский	баррикади́ровать barrikadírovatʹ, забаррикади́ровать zabarrikadírovatʹ

verb to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Русский	блоки́ровать blokírovatʹ, заблоки́ровать zablokírovatʹ

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@misc{barricade_2026,
  title = {barricade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barricade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}