bulevar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch boulevard (“boulevard”). Doublet of baluarti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buləˈvar], [buləˈfar], [buləˈpar]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lê‧var

Noun

bulêvar (plural bulevar-bulevar)

1. boulevard

   Synonym: adimarga

Further reading

• “bulevar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• boulevard

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (“bulwark”). Doublet of baluarte.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈbaɾ/ [bu.lɨˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bu‧le‧var

Noun

bulevar m (plural bulevares)

1. boulevard (broad, landscaped thoroughfare)

   Synonyms: alameda, avenida

Further reading

• “bulevar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bulevar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulěvaːr/
• Hyphenation: bu‧le‧var

Noun

bulèvār m inan (Cyrillic spelling булѐва̄р)

1. boulevard

Spanish

Alternative forms

• boulevard, bulevard

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (“bulwark, bastion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buleˈbaɾ/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bu‧le‧var

Noun

bulevar m (plural bulevares)

1. boulevard

Further reading

• “bulevar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “bulevar”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “bulevar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]