Borrowed fromFrenchboulevard, fromMiddle Frenchboulevard,bollevart,boulevars,bolevers,bollewerc(“rampart”), fromMiddle High Germanbolewerc,bolwerc (modernGermanBollwerk) orMiddle Dutchbolwerk(“bulwark,bastion”).Doublet ofbulwark; more atbole,work.
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boulevard (pluralboulevards)
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Borrowed fromFrenchboulevard, borrowed fromMiddle Dutchbolwerk(“bulwark,bastion”).Doublet ofbolværk.
boulevard c (singular definiteboulevarden,plural indefiniteboulevarder)
| common gender | singular | plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | boulevard | boulevarden | boulevarder | boulevarderne |
| genitive | boulevards | boulevardens | boulevarders | boulevardernes |
Borrowed fromFrenchboulevard, fromMiddle Frenchbolevard, fromMiddle Dutchbolwerc (modernDutchbolwerk).
boulevard m (pluralboulevards,diminutiveboulevardje n)
Inherited fromMiddle Frenchboulevard,bollevart,boulevars,bolevers,bollewerc(“rampart”), fromMiddle High Germanbolewerc,bolwerc (modernGermanBollwerk) orMiddle Dutchbolwerk(“bulwark,bastion”). The use for a road is due to the fact that boulevards (e.g. in Paris) were built on the sites of razed bulwarks.
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boulevard m (pluralboulevards)
James A. H. Murrayet al., editors (1884–1928), “Boulevard”, inA New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London:Clarendon Press,→OCLC.
Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchboulevard.
boulevard m
FromOld Frenchbollevart(“promenade, avenue, rampart”), fromGermanBollwerk orMiddle Dutch.
boulevard m (pluralboulevards)
Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchboulevard.Doublet ofbaluarte.
boulevard m (pluralboulevards)
According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Borrowed fromFrenchboulevard.Doublet ofbålverk.
boulevard c
| nominative | genitive | ||
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| singular | indefinite | boulevard | boulevards |
| definite | boulevarden | boulevardens | |
| plural | indefinite | boulevarder | boulevarders |
| definite | boulevarderna | boulevardernas |
