barrikade.
a barricade; a makeshift defensive barrier built especially across a street or bridge during street fighting
Meaning & usage
a barricade; a makeshift defensive barrier built especially across a street or bridge during street fighting
Demonstrantene bygde barrikader av brostein.
the forefront of an outspoken political or social struggle
stå på barrikadene (for noe)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French barricade (“barricade”), from French barrique (“barrel, cask”) + -ade (“collective or result-forming suffix”). French barrique (“barrel, cask”) was borrowed from Old Occitan barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), possibly from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”); the ultimate origin is uncertain. The French noun originally denoted an assemblage of barrels used as an obstacle, before broadening to any makeshift defensive barrier. Compare the parallel borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk barrikade, Danish barrikade, Swedish barrikad, German Barrikade, Dutch barricade and Finnish barrikadi (“barricade”).
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