"boulevard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbʊləvɑɹd/ [Canada, US] Audio: en-ca-boulevard.opus [Canada] Forms: boulevards [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*werǵ-}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|boulevard|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French boulevard, {{bor+|en|fr|boulevard}} Borrowed from French boulevard, {{der|en|frm|boulevard}} Middle French boulevard, {{m|frm|bollevart}} bollevart, {{m|frm|boulevars}} boulevars, {{m|frm|bolevers}} bolevers, {{m|frm|bollewerc|t=rampart}} bollewerc (“rampart”), {{der|en|gmh|bolewerc}} Middle High German bolewerc, {{m|gmh|bolwerc}} bolwerc, {{cog|de|Bollwerk}} German Bollwerk, {{der|en|dum|bolwerk|t=bulwark, bastion}} Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”), {{doublet|en|bulwark}} Doublet of bulwark, {{m|en|bole}} bole, {{m|en|work}} work Head templates: {{en-noun}} boulevard (plural boulevards)
  1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare. Categories (topical): Roads Translations (broad, landscaped thoroughfare): bulebar (Basque), bulevard [masculine] (Catalan), 林蔭大道 (Chinese Mandarin), 林荫大道 (línyīndàdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 大道 (dàdào) (Chinese Mandarin), bulvár [masculine] (Czech), boulevard [common-gender] (Danish), hoofdweg [masculine] (Dutch), boulevard [masculine] (Dutch), bulvardo (Esperanto), aleo (Esperanto), puiestee (Estonian), bulevardi (Finnish), puistokatu (Finnish), boulevard [masculine] (French), ბულვარი (bulvari) (Georgian), პროსპექტი (ṗrosṗekṭi) (Georgian), გამზირი (gamziri) (Georgian), Boulevard [masculine] (German), Prachtstraße [feminine] (German), λεωφόρος (leofóros) [feminine] (Greek), שְׂדֵרָה (sderá) [feminine] (Hebrew), मार्ग (mārg) [masculine] (Hindi), körút (Hungarian), bulvardo (Ido), búlbhard [masculine] (Irish), viale [masculine] (Italian), 大通り (ōdōri) (alt: おおどおり) (Japanese), ブールバード (būrubādo) (Japanese), желекжол (jelekjol) (Kazakh), មហាវិថី (mɔhaa vi’tʰǝy) (Khmer), bulvāris [masculine] (Latvian), булева́р (bulevár) [masculine] (Macedonian), бул. (bul.) [masculine] (Macedonian), boulevard (Malay), bulevard (Norwegian), بولوار (bulvâr) (Persian), bulwar [masculine] (Polish), aleja [feminine] (Polish), alameda [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), bulevar [masculine] (Portuguese), bulevard [neuter] (Romanian), бульва́р (bulʹvár) [masculine] (Russian), проспе́кт (prospékt) [masculine] (Russian), bulvár [masculine] (Slovak), bulevar [masculine] (Spanish), bulevard (Swedish), bulebar (Tagalog), bulvar (Turkish), đại lộ (Vietnamese), đường lớn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-boulevard-en-noun-U82sYrvn Disambiguation of Roads: 43 35 7 15 Disambiguation of 'broad, landscaped thoroughfare': 62 24 3 11
  2. The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare. Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-boulevard-en-noun-kQij3GVg Disambiguation of Roads: 43 35 7 15
  3. A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
    Sense id: en-boulevard-en-noun-r7sEusqr
  4. (Upper Midwestern US) The grassy area in the middle of some streets; A refuge island. Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-boulevard-en-noun-Z6bwkqcl Disambiguation of Roads: 43 35 7 15 Categories (other): Upper Midwestern US English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 7 3 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blvd. [abbreviation], blvd [abbreviation], bd. [abbreviation], bd [abbreviation], bl [abbreviation], boulevard stop Related terms: boulevardier, bulwark (alt: doublet)

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "Prachtstraße"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "leofóros",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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          "word": "λεωφόρος"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sderá",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "שְׂדֵרָה"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mārg",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "मार्ग"
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          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "word": "körút"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "búlbhard"
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        {
          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "viale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "alt": "おおどおり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōdōri",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "word": "大通り"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "būrubādo",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "word": "ブールバード"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jelekjol",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "word": "желекжол"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mɔhaa vi’tʰǝy",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "word": "មហាវិថី"
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bulevár",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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          "word": "булева́р"
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        {
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bul.",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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          "word": "бул."
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        {
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bulvâr",
          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "word": "بولوار"
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          "_dis1": "62 24 3 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "alameda"
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          "roman": "prospékt",
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          "word": "проспе́кт"
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          "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "word": "viale"
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "word": "មហាវិថី"
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bulvâr",
      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "word": "بولوار"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bulwar"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aleja"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alameda"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bulevar"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bulvár"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "word": "bulebar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "word": "đại lộ"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "broad, landscaped thoroughfare",
      "word": "đường lớn"
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