different between path vs boulevard
path
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”) (compare West Frisian paad, Dutch pad, German Pfad), Ancient Greek ????? (paté?) / ????? (pátos), from Iranian (compare Avestan ????????????????????? (panta, “way”), ????????????????? (pa?a, genitive), Old Persian [script needed] (pathi-)), from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs (compare Sanskrit ????? (páthin)), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh?s, from *pent- (“path”) (compare English find). Doublet of panth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [p????]
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): [p?ä??], [p????]
- IPA(key): /pæ?/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [p?æ?], [p????], [p?e??]
- (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): [p?a?], [p?æ?]
- Rhymes: -???, -æ?
Noun
path (plural paths)
- A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- A course taken.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- (paganism) A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
- A metaphorical course.
- A method or direction of proceeding.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
- (graph theory) A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
- (topology) A continuous map from the unit interval to a topological space .
- (rail transport) A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
Synonyms
- (1): track, trail; see also Thesaurus:way
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
path (third-person singular simple present paths, present participle pathing, simple past and past participle pathed)
- (transitive) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).
- 1597, Michael Drayton, England's Heroical Epistles
- pathing young Henry's unadvised ways
- 1597, Michael Drayton, England's Heroical Epistles
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
path (uncountable)
- (medicine, abbreviation) Pathology.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2005]
- “path”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Ptah, phat
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English pæþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz, from an Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs.
Alternative forms
- paþ, peth, paþþe, paaþ, pathe, paththe, pað, paath
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?/, /pa??/, /p??/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
path (plural pathes)
- An informal or unpaved path or trail; a track.
- A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A course or route.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A vessel or vein.
Related terms
- pathen
- pathyng
Descendants
- English: path
- Scots: paith
References
- “p??th, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.
Etymology 2
From path (noun).
Verb
path
- Alternative form of pathen
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boulevard
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)
- A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- causeway
- 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)
- (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)
- boulevard
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