boulevard

See also Boulevard

English

Etymology

From French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, from Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), of Germanic origin, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bol(l)ewerc (“bulwark, bastion”) from Middle Dutch bole, bolle (“bole, plank”) + 'werk (“work, construction”). More at bole, work, bulwark.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /"bu:.l@.vA:(r)d/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbʊlɨvɑɹd/

Noun

boulevard (plural boulevards)

1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

Derived terms

• (abbreviation): blvd. , blvd , bd. , bd , bl

Translations

broad, landscaped thoroughfare

Chinese: Mandarin: 林蔭大道 (cmn), 林荫大道 (cmn) (línyīndàdào), 大道 (cmn) (dàdào) Dutch: hoofdweg (nl) m., boulevard (nl) m. Esperanto: bulvardo (eo) Finnish: bulevardi (fi), puistokatu (fi) French: boulevard (fr) m. German: Boulevard (de) m., Prachtstraße (de) f. Hebrew: שדרה (he) (shdera) f. Hindi: मार्ग (hi) (mārg) m.

Ido: bulvardo (io) Irish: búlbhard (ga) m. Japanese: 大通り (ja) (おおどおり, ōdōri), ブールバード (ja) (būrubādo) Polish: bulwar (pl) m., aleja (pl) f. Portuguese: alameda (pt) f. (Brazil) Romanian: bulevard (ro) n. Russian: бульвар (ru) (bul'vár) m., проспект (ru) (prospékt) m. Spanish: bulevar (es) m. Vietnamese: đại lộ (vi), đường lớn (vi)

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

boulevard m. (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje)

1. boulevard

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French

Etymology

Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bul.vaʁ/, SAMPA: /bul.vaR/

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Noun

boulevard m. (plural boulevards)

1. A causeway
2. boulevard

Derived terms

• (abbreviation): boul. , boul