boulevard

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“promenade, avenue, 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.

• (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

From Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”).

• IPA^(key): /bul.vaʁ/

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boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. causeway
2. boulevard

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

• → 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

From French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.

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

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. boulevard

boulevard c

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

• boulevard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• boulevard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)