boulevard

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊləvɑɹd/

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boulevard (plural boulevards)

1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

   We live on Sunset Boulevard.

2. The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
3. A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
4. (Upper Midwestern US) The grassy area in the middle of some streets; A refuge island.

• (abbreviation): blvd., blvd, bd., bd, bl
• boulevard stop

• boulevardier
• bulwark (doublet)

Borrowed from French boulevard, borrowed from Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bolværk.

• IPA^(key): [b̥uləˈʋɑˀd̥]

boulevard

1. boulevard

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (modern Dutch bolwerk).

• IPA^(key): /ˌbu.ləˈvaːr/

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• Hyphenation: bou‧le‧vard

boulevard m (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje n)

1. boulevard

• meubelboulevard
• woonboulevard

• → Indonesian: bulevar

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.

• IPA^(key): /bul.vaʁ/

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boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. bulwark, rampart
2. boulevard, avenue
3. causeway

• (abbreviation): (Europe): bd, Bd, bld, brd, bvd; (Québec): boul., boul

• → Russian: бульвар (bulʹvar)
  • → Georgian: ბულვარი (bulvari)
• → Spanish: bulevar
• → Turkish: bulvar

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

• “boulevard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard.

• IPA^(key): /bu.leˈvar/, (careful style) /bulˈvar/[1]
• Rhymes: -ar

boulevard m

1. boulevard
2. (archaic) embankment

From Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from German Bollwerk or Middle Dutch.

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. (Jersey) bulwark

• bulevar

Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.

• IPA^(key): /buleˈbaɾd/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾð̞], /buleˈbaɾ/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾd, -aɾ
• Syllabification: bou‧le‧vard

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. boulevard

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.

• (obsolete spelling) bulevard

Borrowed from French boulevard. Doublet of bålverk.

boulevard c

1. a boulevard (long, wide (tree-lined) street, especially in Paris)

• boulevard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• boulevard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bulevard in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)