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boulevard

See also: Boulevard

English

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Boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris

Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [b̥uləˈʋɑˀd̥]

Noun

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boulevard

  1. boulevard

Declension

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Declension of boulevard
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative boulevard boulevarden boulevarder boulevarderne
genitive boulevards boulevardens boulevarders boulevardernes

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbu.ləˈvaːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bou‧le‧vard

Noun

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boulevard m (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje n)

  1. boulevard

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: bulevar

French

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Etymology

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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.

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boulevard m (plural boulevards)

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

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References

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

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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boulevard m

  1. boulevard
  2. (archaic) embankment

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  1. ^ boulevard in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norman

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Etymology

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

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boulevard m (plural boulevards)

  1. (Jersey) bulwark

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.

Pronunciation

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

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boulevard m (plural boulevards)

  1. boulevard

Usage notes

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French boulevard. Doublet of bålverk.

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boulevard c

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

Declension

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Declension of boulevard
nominative genitive
singular indefinite boulevard boulevards
definite boulevarden boulevardens
plural indefinite boulevarder boulevarders
definite boulevarderna boulevardernas

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