Boulevard

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 eine breite Straße , 🇪🇸 calle ancha con árboles en el medio , 🇮🇹 strada larga e ampia, spesso con gli alberi al centro , 🇵🇹 rua larga com árvores no meio , 🇨🇳 宽阔的街道，通常中间种有树木 , 🇯🇵 広い通り、中心に並木が植えられていることが多い , 🇰🇷 중앙에 나무가 심어진 넓은 도로 , 🇸🇦 طريق واسع، عادة ما يكون في المنتصف أشجار , 🇮🇳 मध्य में वृक्षों से सजा हुआ चौड़ा मार्ग

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Etymology

**Etymology:** The French noun *boulevard* comes from the Dutch *boulevard* (1618), itself a compound of *boog* (“bow,” as in archery) + *veld* (“field”), originally referring to an archery range. In French the word entered the 17th‑century vocabulary to denote a wide, open street or promenade, and later the modern sense of a broad avenue surrounded by trees or buildings. Its path to English is a direct borrowing from French, with no further Latin or Greek roots beyond the Dutch *boog* (related to Latin *bovus* “ox” only by coincidence).

Synonyms

avenue allée promenade voie route grande rue

Antonyms

ruelle impasse cul-de-sac passage chemin