boulevard
UK/ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/US/ˈbʊ.lə.vɑɹd/
boulevard noun: a broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
Noun
boulevard (plural boulevards, abbreviation blvd. or blvd or bd. or bd or bl)
- A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
- We live on Sunset Boulevard.
- The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
- A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
- The grassy area in the middle of some streets; a refuge island.
Proper noun capitalized: Boulevard
Boulevard
boulevard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
boulevard in Hindi
- broad, landscaped thoroughfare
- बुलेवार bulevār
boulevard in Tamil
- பொதும்பர், பொதுளி, இருமருங்கும் மரவரிசையுள்ள அகன்ற தெரு, அப்ல் பெருஞ்சாலை
boulevard in Marathi
- बुलेवर्ड, बुलेवार्ड, बुलेव्हर्ड
boulevard in Urdu
- بلیوارڈ, بولیوارڈ, بلیورڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- boulevard in Bengali
- বীথিকা
- boulevard in Telugu
- బౌలెవార్డ్, బులేవార్డ్, బౌలెవర్డ్
- boulevard in Malayalam
- ചോലമരപ്പാത, ചേലമരങ്ങളുള്ള നടപ്പാത, പ്രഥാനവീഥി, തണൽവൃക്ഷത്തോപ്പ്
- boulevard in Kannada
- ಸಾಲುಮರ ರಸ್ತೆ
- boulevard in Punjabi
- ਬੁਲੇਵਰਡ, ਬੁਲੇਵਾਰਡ, ਬੁਲਵਾਰਡ
- boulevard in Gujarati
- બુલવર્ડ, બુલેવર્ડ, બુલેવાર્ડ
- boulevard in Odia
- ବୁଲୱାର୍ଡ, ବୁଲେୱାର୍ଡ, ବୁଲେଭାର୍ଡ
- boulevard in Nepali
- बुलवार्ड, बुलेवार्ड, बुलवर्ड
- boulevard in Tagalog
- bulebar
- boulevard in Malay
- boulevard
- boulevard in Persian
- بولوار bulvâr
- boulevard in Vietnamese
- đại lộ, đường lớn
Examples of boulevard in a sentence
- The traffic jammed up on the boulevard.
- Boulevards typically (but not exclusively) go east to west; avenues usually run north to south.
- His brushstrokes, now shorter and almost dash-like, give the pedestrians a sense of hurrying along the boulevard.
Forms of boulevard
| plural | boulevards |
|---|---|
| abbreviation | blvd. |
| abbreviation | blvd |
| abbreviation | bd. |
| abbreviation | bd |
| abbreviation | bl |
Origin of boulevard
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.
Words formed from boulevard
Phrases with boulevard
Questions about boulevard
- What does boulevard mean?
- Boulevard means a broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
- What is boulevard in Hindi?
- Boulevard in Hindi is बुलेवार (bulevār). See Boulevard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is boulevard?
- Boulevard can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce boulevard?
- Boulevard is pronounced /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of boulevard?
- The plural of boulevard is boulevards.
Words near boulevard in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: boulevard (page history and authors); Boulevard (page history and authors); boulevard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boulevard (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boulevard (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boulevard (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boulevard (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boulevard (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); boulevard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boulevard (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boulevard (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boulevard (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boulevard (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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