"writer's block" meaning in All languages combined

See writer's block on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: writer's blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} writer's block (usually uncountable, plural writer's blocks)
  1. The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing. Wikipedia link: writer's block Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the temporary inability to write): 作家一時文思不暢 (Chinese Mandarin), 作家一时文思不畅 (zuòjiā yìshí wénsī búchàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 腦閉塞 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑闭塞 (nǎobìsè) (Chinese Mandarin), schrijversblok [neuter] (Dutch), valkoisen paperin kammo (Finnish), tyhjän paperin kammo (Finnish), luomistuska (Finnish), angoisse de la page blanche [feminine] (French), syndrome de la page blanche [masculine] (French), Schreibblockade [feminine] (German), ritstífla [feminine] (Icelandic), ライターズ・ブロック (raitāzu burokku) (Japanese), skrivesperre [feminine] (Norwegian), blokada pisarska [feminine] (Polish), bloqueio de escritor [masculine] (Portuguese), bloqueio criativo [masculine] (Portuguese), тво́рческий кри́зис (tvórčeskij krízis) [masculine] (Russian), засто́й (zastój) [masculine] (Russian), quedarse en blanco (Spanish), bloqueo del escritor (Spanish), skrivkramp [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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          "word": "ritstífla"
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          "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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          "code": "es",
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      "word": "valkoisen paperin kammo"
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "word": "Schreibblockade"
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "word": "ritstífla"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "raitāzu burokku",
      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
      "word": "ライターズ・ブロック"
    },
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "word": "skrivesperre"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "word": "blokada pisarska"
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "word": "bloqueio de escritor"
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "word": "bloqueio criativo"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tvórčeskij krízis",
      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
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      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
      "word": "quedarse en blanco"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the temporary inability to write",
      "word": "bloqueo del escritor"
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