barricade
French, noun
barricade is spelled B-A-R-R-I-C-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barricade is a French feminine noun meaning “barricade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of barricader. With an accent, barricadé is a different word: “past participle of barricader”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retranchement qu’on fait avec des barriques remplies de terre ou avec des pieux, des chaînes, des pavés, etc.…”.
What does barricade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarricade
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of barricader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retranchement qu’on fait avec des barriques remplies de terre ou avec des pieux, des chaînes, des pavés, etc. pour se défendre, pour se mettre à couvert de l’ennemi. 2. Tout ce qui fait obstacle ou peut protéger.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of barricade
- barricades plural
- barricadée feminine
- barricadés masculine plural
- barricadées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to barricade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barricade in French?
barricade appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).