Meaning

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

    We live on Sunset Boulevard.

    Boulevard, Prachtstraße

    бульва́рbulʹvár, проспе́ктprospékt

  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.

More definitions
  • a wide street or thoroughfare

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Coconut trees lined the boulevards of the city.

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  2. I was in hot pursuit of the scooter when I cycled down the boulevard.

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  3. This boulevard is very pretty.

    ruЭтот бульвар очень красивый.

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  4. We are at the boulevard St. Michel.

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  5. Is this the right bus for Pacific Boulevard?

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
broad, landscaped thoroughfare:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
broad, landscaped thoroughfare:

Origin

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, boleve

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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