English Online Dictionary. What means boulevard? What does boulevard mean?
English
Etymology
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbʊləvɑɹd/
Noun
boulevard (plural boulevards)
- A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
- 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
Related terms
- boulevardier
- bulwark (doublet)
Translations
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French boulevard, borrowed from Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bolværk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b̥uləˈʋɑˀd̥]
Noun
boulevard c (singular definite boulevarden, plural indefinite boulevarder)
- boulevard
Declension
References
- “boulevard” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (modern Dutch bolwerk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbu.ləˈvaːr/
- Hyphenation: bou‧le‧vard
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje n)
- boulevard
Derived terms
- meubelboulevard
- woonboulevard
Descendants
- → Indonesian: bulevar
French
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /bul.vaʁ/
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
- bulwark, rampart
- boulevard, avenue
- causeway
Derived terms
- (abbreviation): (Europe): bd, Bd, bld, brd, bvd; (Québec): boul., boul
Descendants
- → Russian: бульвар (bulʹvar)
- → Georgian: ბულვარი (bulvari)
- → Spanish: bulevar
- → Turkish: bulvar
References
James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Boulevard”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
Further reading
- “boulevard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.leˈvar/, (careful style) /bulˈvar/
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
boulevard m
- boulevard
- (archaic) embankment
References
Norman
Etymology
From Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from German Bollwerk or Middle Dutch.
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
- (Jersey) bulwark
Spanish
Alternative forms
- bulevar
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buleˈbaɾd/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾð̞], /buleˈbaɾ/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾ], /bulˈbaɾ/ [bulˈβ̞aɾ], /bouleˈbaɾd/ [bou̯.leˈβ̞aɾð̞]
- Rhymes: -aɾd, -aɾ
- Syllabification: bou‧le‧vard
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
- boulevard
Usage notes
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.
Further reading
- “boulevard”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Swedish
Alternative forms
- (obsolete spelling) bulevard
Etymology
Borrowed from French boulevard. Doublet of bålverk.
Noun
boulevard c
- a boulevard (long, wide (tree-lined) street, especially in Paris)
Declension
References
- boulevard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- boulevard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bulevard in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)