boulevard
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbʊləvɑɹd/
Audio (CA): (file)
Noun edit
boulevard (plural boulevards)
- A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
- We live on Sunset Boulevard.
- The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
- A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
- (Upper Midwestern US) The grassy area in the middle of some streets; A refuge island.
Derived terms edit
- (abbreviation): blvd., blvd, bd., bd, bl
- boulevardize
- boulevardlike
- boulevard stop
Related terms edit
- boulevardier
- bulwark (doublet)
Translations edit
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French boulevard, borrowed from Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bolværk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boulevard
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | boulevard | boulevarden | boulevarder | boulevarderne |
genitive | boulevards | boulevardens | boulevarders | boulevardernes |
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (modern Dutch bolwerk).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boulevard m (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: bulevar
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). The use for a road is due to the fact that boulevards (e.g. in Paris) were built on the sites of razed bulwarks.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Further reading edit
- “boulevard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boulevard m
References edit
- ^ boulevard in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from German Bollwerk or Middle Dutch.
Noun edit
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /buleˈbaɾd/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾð̞], /buleˈbaɾ/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾd, -aɾ
- Syllabification: bou‧le‧vard
Noun edit
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (obsolete spelling) bulevard
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French boulevard. Doublet of bålverk.
Noun edit
boulevard c
- a boulevard (long, wide (tree-lined) street, especially in Paris)
Declension edit
Declension of boulevard | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | boulevard | boulevarden | boulevarder | boulevarderna |
Genitive | boulevards | boulevardens | boulevarders | boulevardernas |
References edit
- boulevard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- boulevard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bulevard in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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