boulevard

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/
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• Canada, US: /ˈbʊ.lə.vɑɹd/
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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.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: bulebar — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Catalan: bulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Chinese Mandarin: 林蔭大道 /林荫大道 (línyīndàdào) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Chinese Mandarin: 大道 (dàdào) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Cornish: rosva — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Czech: bulvár — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Danish: boulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Dutch: hoofdweg — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Dutch: boulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Esperanto: bulvardo — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Esperanto: aleo — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Estonian: puiestee — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Finnish: bulevardi — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Finnish: puistokatu — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• French: boulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Georgian: ბულვარი (bulvari) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Georgian: პროსპექტი (ṗrosṗekṭi) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Georgian: გამზირი (gamziri) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• German: Boulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• German: Prachtstraße — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Greek: λεωφόρος (leofóros) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Hebrew: שְׂדֵרָה (sderá) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Hindi: बुलेवार (bulevār) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Hungarian: körút — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Ido: bulvardo — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Irish: búlbhard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Italian: viale — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Japanese: 大通り (ōdōri) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Japanese: ブールバード (būrubādo) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Kazakh: желекжол (jelekjol) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Khmer: មហាវិថី (mɔhaa vi’thǝy) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Latvian: bulvāris — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Macedonian: булева́р (bulevár) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Macedonian: бул. (bul.) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Malay: boulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Norwegian: bulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Persian: بولوار (bulvâr) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Polish: bulwar — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Polish: aleja — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Portuguese: alameda — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Portuguese: bulevar — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Romanian: bulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Russian: бульва́р (bulʹvár) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Russian: проспе́кт (prospékt) — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Slovak: bulvár — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Spanish: bulevar — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Spanish: boulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Spanish: bulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Swedish: bulevard — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Tagalog: bulebar — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Turkish: bulvar — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Vietnamese: đại lộ — broad, landscaped thoroughfare
• Vietnamese: đường lớn — broad, landscaped thoroughfare