different between perambulate vs promenade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perambul?, perambul?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???æmbj??le?t/

Verb

perambulate (third-person singular simple present perambulates, present participle perambulating, simple past and past participle perambulated)

1. (intransitive) To walk about, roam or stroll.
2. (transitive) To inspect (an area) on foot.

Related terms

• amble

Translations

Anagrams

• preambulate

Latin

Verb

perambul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of perambul?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n??d/, /p??m??n??d/, (rare) /?p??m?ne?d/, /p??m??ne?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??m??ne?d/, /p??m??n?d/
• Rhymes: -??d, -e?d

Noun

promenade (plural promenades)

1. (formal) A prom (dance).
2. A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)

3. A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 235:

     The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
4. A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.

Synonyms

• (a place to walk): esplanade

Translations

Verb

promenade (third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded)

1. To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
2. To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.

Derived terms

• promenader (agent noun)

Translations

Anagrams

• open-armed

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French promenade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro?.m??na?.d?/
• Hyphenation: pro?me?na?de
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

promenade f (plural promenades or promenaden)

1. promenade

French

Etymology

promener +? -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??m.nad/
• Rhymes: -ad
• Homophone: promenades

Noun

promenade f (plural promenades)

1. walk; stroll (walk for enjoyment)

Derived terms

• promenade de santé

Descendants

Further reading

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