"esplanade" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/ [UK], /ˌɛspləˈnɑːd/ [UK], /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/ [US], /ˈɛspləˌnɑd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-esplanade.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-esplanade2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: esplanades [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪd, -ɑːd Etymology: 1590s, from French esplanade (“clear, level space”), from Spanish esplanada (explanada), form of esplanar (“to flatten, to make level”), from Latin explānāre, from which English explain; see also plain (“level area, to flatten”), and Italian spianata, from spianare. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|esplanade||clear, level space}} French esplanade (“clear, level space”), {{der|en|es|esplanada}} Spanish esplanada, {{m|es|explanada}} explanada, {{m|es|esplanar||to flatten, to make level}} esplanar (“to flatten, to make level”), {{der|en|la|explānāre}} Latin explānāre, {{m|en|explain}} explain, {{m|en|plain||level area, to flatten}} plain (“level area, to flatten”), {{cog|it|spianata}} Italian spianata, {{m|it|spianare}} spianare Head templates: {{en-noun}} esplanade (plural esplanades)
  1. A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town. Translations (clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses): Esplanade [feminine] (German), esplanada [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-esplanade-en-noun-TtYIqg-7 Disambiguation of 'clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses': 68 3 2 12 15
  2. The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
    Sense id: en-esplanade-en-noun-VBAHo3wI
  3. A grass plat; a lawn.
    Sense id: en-esplanade-en-noun-vMBP~unE
  4. Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; especially, a terrace by the seaside. Synonyms (public walk): promenade
    Sense id: en-esplanade-en-noun-3Gpw-VNz Disambiguation of 'public walk': 1 15 2 59 23
  5. (Texas) Grassy strips between two divided highway lanes; a traffic island. Tags: Texas
    Sense id: en-esplanade-en-noun-QsCC88sB Categories (other): Texas English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 24 4 31 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: explain, plain

Inflected forms

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