different between broadway vs boulevard

English

Etymology

broad +? way

Noun

broadway (plural broadways)

1. An esplanade.

Anagrams

• wayboard

English

Etymology

From French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bu?.l??v??d/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?b?l?v??d/

Noun

boulevard (plural boulevards)

1. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
2. The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.

Derived terms

• (abbreviation): blvd., blvd, bd., bd, bl

Related terms

• boulevardier
• bulwark (doublet)

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, borrowed from Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bolværk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b?ul?????d?]

Noun

boulevard

1. boulevard

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (modern Dutch bolwerk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu.l??va?r/
• Hyphenation: bou?le?vard

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje n)

1. boulevard

Derived terms

• meubelboulevard
• woonboulevard

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: bulevar

French

Etymology

From Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul.va?/

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. causeway
2. boulevard

Derived terms

• (abbreviation): (Europe): bd, Bd, bld, brd, bvd; (Québec): boul., boul

Descendants

• ? Spanish: bulevar
• ? Turkish: bulvar

Further reading

• “boulevard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from German Bollwerk or Middle Dutch.

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. (Jersey) bulwark

Spanish

Etymology

From French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bule?ba?d/, [bu.le???a?ð?]

Noun

boulevard m (plural boulevards)

1. boulevard