promenade
See also: Promenade
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒmənɑːd/, /pɹɒməˈnɑːd/, (rare) /ˈpɹɒməneɪd/, /pɹɒməˈneɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹɑməˈneɪd/, /pɹɑməˈnɑd/
- Rhymes: -ɑːd, -eɪd
Noun[edit]
promenade (plural promenades)
- (formal) A prom (dance).
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) to this entry?)
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:
- The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
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1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
- By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Synonyms[edit]
- (a place to walk): esplanade
Translations[edit]
place to walk
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Verb[edit]
promenade (third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded)
- To walk.
- To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to walk
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /pʁɔm.nad/
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Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ad
- Homophone: promenades
Noun[edit]
promenade f (plural promenades)
Further reading[edit]
- “promenade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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