Hurdle

//ˈhɜːdl̩//

Synonyms for "hurdle" (106 found)

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Strong matches (31)

Related words (53)

Noun(3 words)
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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

derived

6 entries

form of

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has context

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is a

4 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

41 entries

Showing 16 of 41 words.

Translations

155 translations across 49 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὑπέραλμα noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حَاجِز noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • حَاجِز noun (obstacle)
  • حَاجِز noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • عَقَبَة noun (obstacle)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бар'е́р noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • перагаро́да noun (obstacle)
  • перапо́на noun (obstacle)
  • перашко́да noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Breton

1 entries
  • kloued noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • барие́ра noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • плет noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • прегра́да noun (obstacle)
  • препя́тствие noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Catalan

3 entries
  • cleda noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • obstacle noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • tanca noun (obstacle)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 跨欄 /跨栏 noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • 障礙 /障碍 noun (obstacle)

Czech

2 entries
  • překážka noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • překážka noun (obstacle)

Danish

2 entries
  • forhindring noun (obstacle)
  • hæk noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Dutch

4 entries
  • drempel noun (obstacle)
  • hindernis noun (obstacle)
  • horde noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • horde noun (obstacle)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • hurdo noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • obstaklo noun (obstacle)

Estonian

2 entries
  • takistus noun (obstacle)
  • tõke noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aita noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • aitaus noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • este noun (obstacle)
  • este (steeplechase) noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

French

4 entries
  • barrière noun (obstacle)
  • claie noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • haie noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • obstacle noun (obstacle)

German

4 entries
  • Barriere noun (obstacle)
  • Flechtzaun noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • Färrich noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • Hindernis noun (obstacle)

Greek

2 entries
  • εμπόδιο noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • φράγμα noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִכְשׁוֹל noun (obstacle)
  • משוכה noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • akadály noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • akadály noun (obstacle)
  • gát noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • karám noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • grind noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • hindrun noun (obstacle)

Irish

3 entries
  • cliath noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • cliath noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • constaic noun (obstacle)

Italian

4 entries
  • barriera noun (obstacle)
  • ostacolo noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • ostacolo noun (obstacle)
  • recinto noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ハードル noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • ハードル noun (obstacle)
  • 柵 noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • 障害 noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទំនាល់ noun (obstacle)

Korean

4 entries
  • 장애 noun (obstacle)
  • 장애물 noun (obstacle)
  • 장해 noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • 허들 noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Lao

1 entries
  • ອຸປະສັກ noun (obstacle)

Latvian

2 entries
  • barjera noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • šķērslis noun (obstacle)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • barjeras noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • kliūtis noun (obstacle)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • препрека noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • препрека noun (obstacle)
  • пречка noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • пречка noun (obstacle)

Māori

1 entries
  • pāhikohiko noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • hekk noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • hinder noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • hekk noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Occitan

4 entries
  • barradissa noun (obstacle)
  • barrièra noun (obstacle)
  • cleda noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • obstacle noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • چیت noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)

Persian

2 entries
  • مانع noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • مانع noun (obstacle)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Hindaniss noun (obstacle)

Polish

3 entries
  • przeszkoda noun (obstacle)
  • płot noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • płotek noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • barreira noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • obstáculo noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Romanian

1 entries
  • obstacol noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Russian

4 entries
  • барье́р noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • затрудне́ние noun (obstacle)
  • плете́нь noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)
  • прегра́да noun (obstacle)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prȅpona noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • prȅpona noun (obstacle)
  • prȅpreka noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • prȅpreka noun (obstacle)

Slovak

2 entries
  • prekážka noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • prekážka noun (obstacle)

Slovene

3 entries
  • ovira noun (obstacle)
  • prepreka noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • prepreka noun (obstacle)

Spanish

3 entries
  • valla noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • valla noun (obstacle)
  • vallar verb (to hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles)

Swedish

3 entries
  • hinder noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • hinder noun (obstacle)
  • häck noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Thai

1 entries
  • อุปสรรค noun (obstacle)

Turkish

2 entries
  • engel noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • engel noun (obstacle)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бар'є́р noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • перегоро́да noun (obstacle)
  • перепо́на noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)
  • перепо́на noun (obstacle)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cừu noun (artificial barrier over which people or horses jump in a race)

Welsh

1 entries
  • clwyd noun (movable frame of wattled twigs)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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He'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged, and then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face, and then his inside will be taken out and burnt while he looks on, and then his head will be chopped off, and he'll be cut into quarters. That's the sentence.

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The biggest hurdle for pupils writing the exam was question fourteen.

Source: tatoeba (6207969)

The hurdler didn't clear the final hurdle.

Source: tatoeba (8983320)

I wish I could run too, but it's too much of a hurdle.

Source: tatoeba (10268318)

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