blocus

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

blocus

from Middle Dutch blochuus (fort), in modern Dutch blokhuis ('small fort, log cabin'), itself see blok, meaning1=block, huis and meaning2=house. see blockhaus of the same formation. It evolved from the meaning of 'a small fort built by besiegers to cut off communications of an invested place' to that of 'siege of a city' then 'action of blocking'.

Definitions

militaire
économie

Translations

  • germangerman:Blockade
  • englishenglish:study leave
  • koreankorean:봉쇄
  • spanishspanish:bloqueo
  • hebrewhebrew:הסגר
  • italianitalian:blocco
  • japanesejapanese:封鎖
  • dutchdutch:blok
  • polishpolish:blokada
  • portugueseportuguese:bloqueio
  • russianrussian:военная блокада
  • swedishswedish:blockad
  • turkishturkish:abluka
  • ukrainianukrainian:воєнна блокада