boulevard
A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfareA broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
» Coconut trees lined the boulevards of the city.
Meaning
4 sensesA broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
We live on Sunset Boulevard.
Boulevard, Prachtstraße
бульва́рbulʹvár, проспе́ктprospékt
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The grassy area in the middle of some streets; a refuge island.
- a wide street or thoroughfare
Examples
5 sentencesCoconut trees lined the boulevards of the city.
I was in hot pursuit of the scooter when I cycled down the boulevard.
This boulevard is very pretty.
ruЭтот бульвар очень красивый.
We are at the boulevard St. Michel.
Is this the right bus for Pacific Boulevard?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, boleveBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: boulevardsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a wide street or thoroughfare:avenue