bulevar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch boulevard (“boulevard”). Doublet of baluarti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buləˈvar], [buləˈfar], [buləˈpar]
• Hyphenation: bu‧lê‧var

Noun

bulêvar (first-person possessive bulevarku, second-person possessive bulevarmu, third-person possessive bulevarnya)

1. boulevard

   Synonym: adimarga

Further reading

• “bulevar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• boulevard

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (“bulwark”). Doublet of baluarte.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈbaɾ/ [bu.lɨˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.lɨˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bu‧le‧var

Noun

bulevar m (plural bulevares)

1. boulevard (broad, landscaped thoroughfare)

   Synonyms: alameda, avenida

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French boulevard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulěvaːr/
• Hyphenation: bu‧le‧var

Noun

bulèvār m (Cyrillic spelling булѐва̄р)

1. boulevard

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (“bulwark, bastion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buleˈbaɾ/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bu‧le‧var

Noun

bulevar m (plural bulevares)

1. boulevard

Further reading

• “bulevar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014