"iron curtain" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-iron curtain.ogg [Australia] Forms: iron curtains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} iron curtain (plural iron curtains)
  1. A barrier made of iron in the theatre, lowered between the stage and the auditorium for safety or to prevent communication. Related terms: Iron Curtain
    Sense id: en-iron_curtain-en-noun-3uEpPrNQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30
  2. (idiomatic) Any impenetrable barrier. Tags: idiomatic Translations (impenetrable barrier): السِتَار الحَدِيدِي (as-sitār al-ḥadīdī) [definite, masculine] (Arabic), سِتَار حَدِيدِيّ (sitār ḥadīdiyy) [indefinite, masculine] (Arabic), երկաթե վարագույր (erkatʿe varaguyr) (Armenian), dəmir pərdə (Azerbaijani), жале́зная засло́на (žaljéznaja zaslóna) [feminine] (Belarusian), желя́зна заве́са (željázna zavésa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 鐵幕 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁幕 (tiěmù) (Chinese Mandarin), železná opona [feminine] (Czech), jerntæppe [neuter] (Danish), ijzeren gordijn [neuter] (Dutch), raudne eesriie (Estonian), rautaesirippu (Finnish), rideau de fer [masculine] (French), რკინის ფარდა (rḳinis parda) (Georgian), eiserner Vorhang [masculine] (German), σιδηρούν παραπέτασμα (sidiroún parapétasma) [neuter] (Greek), מָסַךְ הַבַּרְזֶל [masculine] (Hebrew), लौह पर्दा (lauh pardā) [masculine] (Hindi), vasfüggöny (Hungarian), járntjald [neuter] (Icelandic), cortina di ferro [feminine] (Italian), 鉄のカーテン (tetsu no kāten) (alt: てつのカーテン) (Japanese), темір перде (temır perde) (Kazakh), វាំងននដែក (vĕəng nɔɔn daek) (Khmer), 철의 장막 (cheorui jangmak) (Korean), 장벽 (jangbyeok) (alt: 障壁) (Korean), темир көшөгө (temir köşögö) (Kyrgyz), dzelzs priekškars [masculine] (Latvian), geležinė uždanga [feminine] (Lithuanian), железна завеса (železna zavesa) [feminine] (Macedonian), төмөр хөшиг (tömör xöšig) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), jernteppe [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), پردهٔ آهنین (parde-ye âhanin) (Persian), żelazna kurtyna [feminine] (Polish), cortina de ferro [feminine] (Portuguese), cortină de fier [feminine] (Romanian), желе́зный за́навес (želéznyj zánaves) [masculine] (Russian), cùirtear iarainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), гвоздена завеса [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), железна завеса [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), жељезна завјеса [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gvozdena zavesa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), železna zavesa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), željezna zavjesa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), železná opona [feminine] (Slovak), železna zavesa [feminine] (Slovene), järnridå [common-gender] (Swedish), пардаи оҳанин (pardayi ohanin) (Tajik), ม่านเหล็ก (mâan-lèk) (Thai), demir perde (Turkish), demir perde (Turkmen), залі́зна заві́са (zalízna zavísa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), تۆمۈر پەردە (tömür perde) (Uyghur), temir parda (Uzbek), bức màn sắt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-iron_curtain-en-noun-P3glx4sQ Disambiguation of 'impenetrable barrier': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (barrier in theatre): vasfüggöny (Hungarian), járntjald [neuter] (Icelandic), żelazna kurtyna [feminine] (Polish), cortina de ferro [feminine] (Portuguese), cùirtear iarainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kurtinang pangyero (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'barrier in theatre': 55 45

Inflected forms

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          "word": "гвоздена завеса"
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          "word": "жељезна завјеса"
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          "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
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          "word": "željezna zavjesa"
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          "word": "ม่านเหล็ก"
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      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982, Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions, page 450",
          "text": "The coup d'etat also constituted an iron curtain for the social scientists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any impenetrable barrier."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impenetrable",
          "impenetrable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Any impenetrable barrier."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-iron curtain.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/En-au-iron_curtain.ogg/En-au-iron_curtain.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-au-iron_curtain.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "barrier in theatre",
      "word": "vasfüggöny"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "barrier in theatre",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "járntjald"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "barrier in theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "żelazna kurtyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "barrier in theatre",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortina de ferro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "barrier in theatre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cùirtear iarainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "barrier in theatre",
      "word": "kurtinang pangyero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "as-sitār al-ḥadīdī",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "السِتَار الحَدِيدِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sitār ḥadīdiyy",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِتَار حَدِيدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erkatʿe varaguyr",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "երկաթե վարագույր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "dəmir pərdə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "žaljéznaja zaslóna",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жале́зная засло́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "željázna zavésa",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "желя́зна заве́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "鐵幕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiěmù",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "铁幕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "železná opona"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jerntæppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ijzeren gordijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "raudne eesriie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "rautaesirippu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rideau de fer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rḳinis parda",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "რკინის ფარდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eiserner Vorhang"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sidiroún parapétasma",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σιδηρούν παραπέτασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מָסַךְ הַבַּרְזֶל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lauh pardā",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लौह पर्दा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "vasfüggöny"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "járntjald"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortina di ferro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てつのカーテン",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tetsu no kāten",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "鉄のカーテン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "temır perde",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "темір перде"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vĕəng nɔɔn daek",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "វាំងននដែក"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheorui jangmak",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "철의 장막"
    },
    {
      "alt": "障壁",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jangbyeok",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "장벽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "temir köşögö",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "темир көшөгө"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzelzs priekškars"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geležinė uždanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "železna zavesa",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "железна завеса"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tömör xöšig",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "төмөр хөшиг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jernteppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parde-ye âhanin",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "پردهٔ آهنین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "żelazna kurtyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortina de ferro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortină de fier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "želéznyj zánaves",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "желе́зный за́навес"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cùirtear iarainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гвоздена завеса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "железна завеса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жељезна завјеса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gvozdena zavesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "železna zavesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "željezna zavjesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "železná opona"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "železna zavesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "järnridå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "pardayi ohanin",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "пардаи оҳанин"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mâan-lèk",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "ม่านเหล็ก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "demir perde"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "demir perde"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zalízna zavísa",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "залі́зна заві́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "tömür perde",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "تۆمۈر پەردە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "temir parda"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "impenetrable barrier",
      "word": "bức màn sắt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "iron curtain"
}

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