different between promenade vs ramble

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).

English

Etymology

An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dialectal rammle, from Middle English *ramlen, *ramelen, frequentative of Middle English ramen (“to roam, ramble”); compare Old Swedish rambla (“to make a noise”), Danish ramle (“to stumble; collapse; thunder; boom”); equivalent to roam +? -le.

"mid-15 c., perhaps frequentative of 'romen' 'to walk, go' perhaps via 'romblen' (late 14 c.) 'to ramble.' The vowel change perhaps by influence of Middle Dutch 'rammelen,' a derivative of 'rammen' 'copulate,' 'used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat.' Meaning 'to talk or write incoherently' is from 1630s".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æmb?l/
• Rhymes: -æmb?l

Noun

ramble (plural rambles)

1. A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
2. A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
3. (mining) A bed of shale over the seam of coal.
4. A section of woodland suitable for leisurely walking.

Translations

Verb

ramble (third-person singular simple present rambles, present participle rambling, simple past and past participle rambled)

1. To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
2. To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
3. To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.
4. To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.

5. To follow a winding path or course.

Synonyms

• (talk or write unclearly, or incoherently): drivel, sperg

Translations

References

Further reading

• ramble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ramble in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ramble at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Ambler, Balmer, Blamer, Marble, ambler, blamer, lamber, marble