promenade
See also: Promenade
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɑːd, -eɪd
Noun
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 Burke 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.
- 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
- (a place to walk): esplanade
Translations
place to walk
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Verb
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- To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
- To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
Derived terms
Translations
to walk
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French promenade.
Pronunciation
Noun
promenade f (plural promenades or promenaden)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
promenade f (plural promenades)
Further reading
- “promenade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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