What does barrage in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word barrage in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use barrage in French.

The word barrage in French means dam, barricade, damming, play-off, barrage balloon, language barrier, filter roadblock, floating barrier, floating dam, hydraulic dam, hydroelectric dam, arch dam, stand in the way, play-off, barrage, attack. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word barrage

dam

nom masculin (construction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le barrage sur le fleuve permet l'irrigation de la plaine.
The river dam enables the plain to be irrigated.

barricade

nom masculin (obstacle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La police fait un barrage aux manifestants.
The police create a barricade to the demonstrators.

damming

nom masculin (fait de barrer une voie, un flux) (river)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le lac Ada doit sa formation au barrage de la vallée par un gigantesque glissement de terrain.
Lake Ada owes its formation to the damming of the valley by a gigantic landslide.

play-off

nom masculin (Sport : sélection) (sports)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour se qualifier pour la phase finale, notre équipe devra passer par les barrages.
To qualify for the final phase, our team has to get through the play-offs.

barrage balloon

nom masculin (ballon à gaz relié au sol)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

language barrier

nom masculin (obstacle linguistique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

filter roadblock

nom masculin (zone de tri)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

floating barrier, floating dam

nom masculin (barrage sur l'eau)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hydraulic dam

nom masculin (retenue d'eau artificielle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hydroelectric dam

nom masculin (ouvrage en travers d'un cours d'eau) (water power)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le barrage hydroélectrique permet de produire de l'électricité par la force de l'eau.

arch dam

nom masculin (barrage convexe) (structure)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

stand in the way

(figuré (s'opposer à [qch])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

play-off

nom masculin (match de repêchage) (soccer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

barrage

nom masculin (tir massif d'artillerie) (artillery fire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La garnison a tenu grâce à des tirs de barrages.

attack

nom masculin (figuré (vive opposition)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les manifestants représentent un tir de barrage contre cette loi.

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