Meanings
nounlanguage barrier (plural language barriers)
plural language barriers
- A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.
Translations
Basque hizkuntz oztopo
- hizkuntz oztopobarrier to communication
Catalan barrera lingüística
- barrera lingüísticabarrier to communication
Chinese Mandarin 語言障礙 /语言障碍
- 語言障礙 /语言障碍 (yǔyán zhàng'ài)barrier to communication
Dutch taalkloof
- taalkloofbarrier to communication
Esperanto lingva baro
- lingva barobarrier to communication
Finnish kielimuuri
- kielimuuribarrier to communication
French barrière linguistique
- barrière linguistiquebarrier to communication
German Sprachbarriere
- Sprachbarrierebarrier to communication
Hungarian nyelvi korlát
- nyelvi korlátbarrier to communication
Irish bacainn teanga
- bacainn teangabarrier to communication
Italian barriera linguistica
- barriera linguisticabarrier to communication
Japanese 言葉の壁
- 言葉の壁 (kotoba no kabe)barrier to communication
Korean 언어장벽
- 언어장벽 (eoneo jangbyeok)barrier to communication
Polish bariera językowa
- bariera językowabarrier to communication
Portuguese barreira linguística
- barreira linguísticabarrier to communication
Romanian barieră lingvistică
- barieră lingvisticăbarrier to communication
Russian языково́й барье́р
- языково́й барье́р (jazykovój barʹjér)barrier to communication
Scottish Gaelic cnap-starra cànain
- cnap-starra cànainbarrier to communication
Spanish barrera idiomática, barrera lingual
- barrera idiomáticabarrier to communication
- barrera lingualbarrier to communication
- barrera lingüísticabarrier to communication
Swedish språkbarriär
- språkbarriärbarrier to communication
Tagalog hadlang ng wika
- hadlang ng wikabarrier to communication
Thai กำแพงภาษา
- กำแพงภาษาbarrier to communication
Ukrainian мовний бар'єр
- мовний бар'єр (movnyj barʺjer)barrier to communication
Vietnamese rào cản ngôn ngữ
- rào cản ngôn ngữbarrier to communication
Cite this entry
APA
language barrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20barrier
MLA
“language barrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20barrier. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “language barrier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20barrier.
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