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noun, masculine

empêchement

/ɑ̃.pɛʃ.mɑ̃/

noun, masculine/ɑ̃.pɛʃ.mɑ̃/plural: empêchements

impediment, hold-up, hitch

avoir un empêchementto hit a snag, to get held up

Inherited from Middle French empeschement. Morphologically, from empêcher (“to impede”) + -ment.