esplanade

See also: Esplanade

English

Etymology

1590s, from French esplanade (“clear, level space”), from either Spanish esplanada (explanada), form of esplanar (“to flatten, to make level”) or Italian spianata, form of spianare (of the same meaning), both from Latin explānāre, from which English explain; see also plain (“level area, to flatten”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/, /ˌɛspləˈnɑːd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/, /ˈɛspləˌnɑd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd, -ɑːd

Noun

esplanade (plural esplanades)

1. A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
2. The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
3. A grass plat; a lawn.
4. Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; especially, a terrace by the seaside.
5. (Texas) Grassy strips between two divided highway lanes; a traffic island.

Synonyms

• (public walk): promenade

Derived terms

• esplanaded

Related terms

• explain
• plain

Translations

clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses

• Catalan: esplanada f
• Finnish: esplanadi (fi)
• French: esplanade (fr) f
• German: Esplanade (de) f
• Italian: spianata (it) f
• Polish: esplanada (pl) f

clear space used for public walks

• Finnish: esplanadi

Anagrams

• Delapenas

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French esplanade.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

esplanade c (singular definite esplanaden, plural indefinite esplanader)

1. esplanade

Declension

Declension of esplanade

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	esplanade	esplanaden	esplanader	esplanaderne
genitive	esplanades	esplanadens	esplanaders	esplanadernes

References

• “esplanade” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian spianata with influx from Spanish explanada, both from Latin explānātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pla.nad/

• Audio:

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Noun

esplanade f (plural esplanades)

1. esplanade, plaza, square, piazza

Descendants

• → Catalan: esplanada
• → English: esplanade
• → Danish: esplanade
• → Dutch: esplanade
• → Esperanto: esplanade
  • → Ido: esplanado
• → Galician: esplanada
• → German: Esplanade
  • → Russian: эсплана́да (esplanáda)
  • → Ukrainian: есплана́да (esplanáda)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: esplanade
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: esplanade
• → Occitan: esplanada
• → Polish: esplanada
• → Portuguese: esplanada
• → Romanian: esplanadă
• → Serbo-Croatian: esplanáda / есплана́да
• → Slovak: esplanáda
• → Swedish: esplanad
  • → Finnish: esplanadi

Further reading

• “esplanade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012