EuroLex/F/Boulevard

  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: boulevard - 1. wide street, avenue, boulevard


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish boulevard ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch boulevard ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
English boulevard 1769: wide street

1929: highway

'meaning 1;

and also (U.S.): multi-lane limited-access urban highways'

'a promenade laid out atop demolished city walls' http://www.etymonline.com
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Boulevard ... 'meaning 1;

and also: circular road'

'...' ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese bulevar ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish bulevar ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish boulevard ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

Annotations edit

Etymology: from French, originally "top surface of a military rampart," from a garbled attempt to adopt M.Du. bolwerc "wall of a fortification" into French, which lacks a -w-. The original notion is of a promenade laid out atop demolished city walls, which would be much wider than urban streets. Originally in English with conscious echoes of Paris; since 1929, in U.S., used of multi-lane limited-access urban highways.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com


Information on Other Languages edit

Italian: viale