noun
Meaning 1
A prom (dance).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
promenade
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/
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UK: /ˌpɹɒm.əˈnɑːd/
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UK: /ˌpɹɒm.əˈneɪd/
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UK, rare: /ˈpɹɒm.əˌneɪd/
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US: /ˌpɹɑm.əˈneɪd/
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US: /ˌpɹɑm.əˈnɑd/
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noun
Meaning 2
A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: esplanade, parade
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: parade
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
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noun
Meaning 7
a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amble, saunter, stroll, perambulation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
Narrower terms: ramble, meander, walkabout
noun
Meaning 8
a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: march, marching
noun
Meaning 9
a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance
noun
Meaning 10
a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk, walkway, paseo
Narrower terms: esplanade
noun
Meaning 11
a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ball, formal
verb
Meaning 12
take a leisurely walk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The ladies promenaded along the beach
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
verb
Meaning 13
march in a procession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the veterans paraded down the street
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parade, troop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: march, process
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: prom — place to walk
- Bulgarian: място за разходка (mjasto za razhodka) — place to walk
- Bulgarian: стъргало (stǎrgalo) — place to walk
- Catalan: passeig — place to walk
- Chinese Mandarin: 步道 (bùdào) — place to walk
- Cornish: rosva — place to walk
- Dutch: promenade — place to walk
- Esperanto: promenejo — place to walk
- Finnish: rantakatu — place to walk
- Finnish: promenadi — place to walk
- French: promenoir — place to walk
- Galician: paseo — place to walk
- Galician: paseo marítimo — place to walk
- German: Promenade — place to walk
- Greek: περίπατος (perípatos) — place to walk
- Ancient Greek: περίπατος (perípatos) — place to walk
- Hebrew: טיילת (tayélet) — place to walk
- Hungarian: sétány — place to walk
- Hungarian: promenád — place to walk
- Latin: ambulacrum — place to walk
- Macedonian: шета́лиште (šetálište) — place to walk
- Macedonian: ко́рзо (kórzo) — place to walk
- Polish: promenada — place to walk
- Portuguese: calçadão — place to walk
- Russian: пешехо́дная у́лица (pešexódnaja úlica) — place to walk
- Russian: промена́д (promenád) — place to walk
- Russian: эсплана́да (esplanáda) — place to walk
- Scottish Gaelic: àite-spaistireachd — place to walk
- Serbo-Croatian: šetalište — place to walk
- Serbo-Croatian: шеталиште — place to walk
- Spanish: paseo — place to walk
- Swedish: promenad — place to walk
- Swedish: strandpromenad — place to walk
- Swedish: promenadstråk — place to walk
- Volapük: spataveg — place to walk
- Volapük: melaspataveg — place to walk
- Welsh: promenâd — place to walk
- Welsh: bwhwmanfa — place to walk
- Armenian: զբոսնել (zbosnel) — to walk
- Bulgarian: разхождам се (razhoždam se) — to walk
- Catalan: passejar — to walk
- Czech: promenádovat se — to walk
- Esperanto: promeni — to walk
- French: promener — to walk
- Galician: pasear — to walk
- German: spazieren gehen — to walk
- Hungarian: sétál — to walk
- Hungarian: korzózik — to walk
- Korean: 거닐다 (geonilda) — to walk
- Macedonian: ше́та (šéta) — to walk
- Norwegian: gå tur — to walk
- Norwegian: spasere — to walk
- Norwegian: promenere — to walk
- Polish: przechadzać się — to walk
- Polish: spacerować — to walk
- Portuguese: caminhar — to walk
- Spanish: pasear — to walk
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