verb/blɔ.ke/
to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct; to jam, to wedge, to fix in place; to freeze (e.g. prices); to defeat; to block, to impede, to hinder
“Un arbre bloque le passage.” — A tree is blocking [off] the passage.
Inherited from Old French bloquer, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch *blok, from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką.