boulevard

UK: English: /ˈbuːləvɑː^rd/, French: /ˈbuːlvɑː^r/

US: /ˈbʊləˌvɑrd/

US: (bŏŏl′ə värd′, bo̅o̅′lə-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

boul•e•vard /ˈbʊləˌvɑrd/   n. [countable]

1. a broad avenue in a city, usually having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

boul•e•vard  (bŏŏl′ə värd′, bo̅o̅′lə-), n. 

1. a broad avenue in a city, usually having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers.
2. Dialect Terms [Upper Midwest.] a strip of lawn between a sidewalk and the curb.

• Middle Dutch bol(le)werc; see bulwark
• French, Middle French (origin, originally Picard, Walloon): rampart, avenue built on the site of a razed rampart
• 1765–75

Synonyms

See street. 

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boulevard / ˈbuːlvɑː -vɑːd/ noun

1. a wide, usually tree-lined road in a city, often used as a promenade

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark; so called because originally often built on the ruins of an old rampart