boulevard

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English

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Boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.

Pronunciation

Noun

boulevard (plural boulevards)

  1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
    We live on Sunset Boulevard.
  2. The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
  3. A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
  4. (Upper Midwestern US) The grassy area in the middle of some streets; A refuge island.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, borrowed from Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bolværk.

Pronunciation

Noun

boulevard

  1. boulevard

Declension

Declension of boulevard
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative boulevard boulevarden boulevarder boulevarderne
genitive boulevards boulevardens boulevarders boulevardernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (modern Dutch bolwerk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbu.ləˈvaːr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bou‧le‧vard

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje n)

  1. boulevard

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: bulevar

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). The use for a road is due to the fact that boulevards (e.g. in Paris) were built on the sites of razed bulwarks.

Pronunciation

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

  1. bulwark, rampart
  2. boulevard, avenue
  3. causeway

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.leˈvar/, (careful style) /bulˈvar/
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

boulevard m

  1. boulevard
  2. (archaic) embankment

References

  1. ^ boulevard in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from German Bollwerk or Middle Dutch.

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

  1. (Jersey) bulwark

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buleˈbaɾd/ , /buleˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾd, -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bou‧le‧vard

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

  1. boulevard

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard. Doublet of bålverk.

Noun

boulevard c

  1. a boulevard (long, wide (tree-lined) street, especially in Paris)

Declension

Declension of boulevard 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative boulevard boulevarden boulevarder boulevarderna
Genitive boulevards boulevardens boulevarders boulevardernas

References

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