promenade

See also: Promenade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒmənɑːd/, /pɹɒməˈnɑːd/, (rare) /ˈpɹɒməneɪd/, /pɹɒməˈneɪd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹɑməˈneɪd/, /pɹɑməˈnɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd, -eɪd

Noun

promenade (plural promenades)

1. (formal) A prom (dance).
2. A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
   • 1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:

     they told him to think no more of the matter , and to try his fortune in another promenade

3. 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.

   • 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.

4. A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.

Synonyms

• (a place to walk): esplanade

Translations

place to walk

• Afrikaans: prom
• Bulgarian: място за разходка (mjasto za razhodka), стъргало (bg) n (stǎrgalo)
• Catalan: passeig (ca) m
• Cornish: rosva f
• Dutch: promenade (nl) f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} promeno, promenejo
• Finnish: rantakatu, promenadi (fi)
• French: promenoir (fr) m
• German: Promenade (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: περίπατος m (perípatos)

• Hebrew: טַיֶלֶת‎ (he) (tayellet)

• Hungarian: sétány (hu), promenád
• Latin: ambulacrum n
• Macedonian: шета́лиште n (šetálište), ко́рзо n (kórzo)
• Polish: promenada (pl) f
• Portuguese: calçadão m
• Russian: пешехо́дная у́лица f (pešexódnaja úlica), промена́д (ru) m (promenád), эсплана́да (ru) f (esplanáda)
• Scottish Gaelic: àite-spaistireachd m
• Serbo-Croatian: šetalište (sh) n, шеталиште n
• Spanish: paseo (es) m
• Swedish: promenad (sv) c
• Volapük: spataveg (vo), (seaside) melaspataveg
• Welsh: promenâd m, bwhwmanfa f

Verb

promenade (third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded)

1. To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, pages 298-299:

     "The times are changed," said De Joinville, in a low tone to Francesca, "since Mademoiselle promenaded the terraces of the Louvre, with her fan ornamented with bunches of straw tied with blue riband, and half Paris shouting at the sight."

2. To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.

Derived terms

• promenader (agent noun)

Translations

to walk

• Armenian: զբոսնել (hy) (zbosnel)
• Bulgarian: разхождам се (razhoždam se)
• Catalan: passejar (ca)
• Czech: promenádovat se
• Esperanto: promeni (eo)
• French: promener (fr)
• German: spazieren gehen (de)
• Hungarian: sétál (hu), korzózik

• Korean: 거닐다 (geonilda)
• Macedonian: ше́та (šéta)
• Norwegian: gå tur, spasere (no), promenere (no)
• Polish: przechadzać się (pl), spacerować (pl)
• Portuguese: caminhar (pt)
• Spanish: pasear (es)

Anagrams

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French promenade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌproː.məˈnaː.də/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧me‧na‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

promenade f (plural promenades or promenaden)

1. promenade

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French

Etymology

promener +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔm.nad/

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Homophone: promenades

Noun

promenade f (plural promenades)

1. walk; stroll (walk for enjoyment)

Derived terms

• promenade de santé

Descendants

• → Danish: promenade
• → Dutch: promenade
• → English: promenade
• → German: Promenade
• → Norwegian Bokmål: promenade
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: promenade
• → Swedish: promenad

Further reading

• “promenade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).