Empêchement (en. Impediment)

[ɑ̃peʃmɑ̃]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

What prohibits or harms the accomplishment of a task.

He has a hindrance that prevents him from coming to the meeting.

Il a un empêchement qui l'empêche de venir à la réunion.

The state of a person who is occupied by an external cause.

His hindrance was due to a medical appointment.

Son empêchement était dû à un rendez-vous médical.

Difficulty that delays or prevents a project.

Financial hindrances delayed construction.

Les Empêchements financiers ont retardé la construction.

Derived from the verb 'hindrance', composed of 'em-' (from 'en-') and 'pêcher' (to fish, in the sense of catching by hindering).

to have a hindrance

To be unable to do something.

avoir un empêchement

last-minute hindrance

Sudden obligation that prevents acting as planned.

empêchement de dernière minute

without hindrance

Without obstacle, free to act.

sans empêchement

to hinder

To prohibit or make impossible.

empêcher

hinderer

A person who makes obstacles.

empêcheur

hinderess

A woman who makes obstacles.

empêcheuse

Sudden hindrance

I had a hindrance at the last moment, sorry.

J'ai eu un empêchement au dernier moment, désolé.

Ridiculous hindrance

It was a ridiculous hindrance, he could have come.

C'était un empêchement bidon, il aurait pu venir.