boulevard

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

boulevard

rue

avenue

allée

🛣️

route

🛣️

voie

bd

Synonymes

avenue

street

main street

road

🛣️

highway

causeway

thoroughfare

parkway

generous

way

liberal

main road

freeway

route

Traductions

bulevar

boulevard

Boulevard

bulevard

singel

bulvar

bulevar

viale

hoofdweg

alameda

avenida

λεωφόρος

boulevard

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à allemand: 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.