boulevard

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
2. The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
3. A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
4. The grassy area in the middle of some streets; A refuge island.

Sinonieme

avenue

street

main street

road

🛣️

highway

causeway

thoroughfare

parkway

generous

way

liberal

main road

freeway

route

Vertalings

boulevard

bulevar

boulevard

Boulevard

bulevard

bulvar

bulevar

singel

viale

alameda

hoofdweg

λεωφόρος

boulevard

avenida

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Duits: Bollwerk

In summary

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.