promenade
/ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd//ˌpɹɑm.əˈneɪd/
promenade noun: a prom (dance).
Noun
promenade (plural promenades)
- A prom (dance).
- A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
- they told him to think no more of the matter , and to try his fortune in another promenade1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]
- His morning promenade.1921, Charles Chaplin, The Kid
- A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
- 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.1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, page 235
- By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Verb
promenade (third-person singular simple present promenades, present participle promenading, simple past and past participle promenaded)
- To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.
- "The times are changed," said De Joinville, in a low tone to Francesca, "since Mademoiselle promenaded the terraces of the Louvre, with her fan ornamented with bunches of straw tied with blue riband, and half Paris shouting at the sight."1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 298–299
- “It is time again for Staten Island's annual puppy parade.” “Which is always a barking good time. Here's hoping we have some nice weather for these promenading pooches.”2023 August 3, Sarah Naftalis, “Local News” (21:24 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 5, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak)
- Synonyms:
- parade
- To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
promenade meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
promenade in Tamil
- உலா, உல்லாசவீதி, வீதியுலா
promenade in Bengali
- promenade, pleasure trip
- বিহার bihar
- promenade, pleasure ground
- বিহার bihar
promenade in Malayalam
- front, esplanade, seafront
- ഉലാത്തുന്നതിനുള്ള സ്ഥലം, നടപ്പാത, നടവഴി, സഞ്ചാരപഥം, സമുദ്രതീരത്തിലൂടെയുള്ള നടപ്പാത, ചോലമരങ്ങളുള്ള നടപ്പാത
- walk, stroll, turn
- സവാരി, നടപ്പ്, നട, നടത്ത, നടത്ത്, പരിക്രാന്തി
- stroll, walk, saunter
- ഉലാവുക, ലാത്തുക, അലസമായി ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയുക, മന്ദഗമനം ചെയ്യുക, അലസമായി നടക്കുക, അലസഗമനം ചെയ്യുക
promenade in Kannada
- ಕಾಲುಹಾದಿ, ತಿರುಗಾಟ, ವಿಹಾರಪಥ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಕಾಲುದಾರಿ, ವಿಹಾರ ಸಂಚಾರ, ವಾಯುವಿಹಾರ
Examples of promenade in a sentence
- We went the full length of the promenade before we found a place to sit down.
- Shall we essay a walk on the promenade?
- Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level.
Synonyms of promenade
Forms of promenade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | promenades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | promenades |
| present participle | promenading |
| past participle | promenaded |
| past | promenaded |
Origin of promenade
Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Words formed from promenade
Phrases with promenade
Words that rhyme with promenade
Questions about promenade
- What does promenade mean?
- Promenade means a prom (dance).
- What is promenade in Tamil?
- Promenade in Tamil is உலா, உல்லாசவீதி, வீதியுலா. See Promenade meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is promenade?
- Promenade can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce promenade?
- Promenade is pronounced /ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of promenade?
- The plural of promenade is promenades.
Words near promenade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: promenade (page history and authors); promenade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বিহার (Bengali) (page history and authors); promenade (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); promenade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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