Meanings
boulevard1
plural boulevards · abbreviation blvd. · abbreviation blvd · abbreviation bd. · abbreviation bd · abbreviation 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.
- Upper Midwestern USThe grassy area in the middle of some streets; a refuge island.
Boulevard2
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Dutchbolwerk“bulwark, bastion”
- Middle High Germanbolewerc
- Middle Frenchboulevard
- Frenchboulevard
- Englishboulevard
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.
More words from French, Middle French, Middle High German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque bulebar
- bulebarbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Catalan bulevard
- bulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Chinese Mandarin 林蔭大道 /林荫大道, 大道
- 林蔭大道 /林荫大道 (línyīndàdào)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
- 大道 (dàdào)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
Czech bulvár
- bulvárbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Danish boulevard
- boulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Dutch hoofdweg, boulevard
- hoofdwegbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- boulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Esperanto bulvardo, aleo
- bulvardobroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- aleobroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Estonian puiestee
- puiesteebroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Finnish bulevardi, puistokatu
- bulevardibroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- puistokatubroad, landscaped thoroughfare
French boulevard
- boulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
German Boulevard, Prachtstraße
- Boulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- Prachtstraßebroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Greek λεωφόρος
- λεωφόρος (leofóros)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
Hebrew שְׂדֵרָה
- שְׂדֵרָה (sderá)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
Hindi बुलेवार
- बुलेवार (bulevār)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
Hungarian körút
- körútbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Irish búlbhard
- búlbhardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Italian viale
- vialebroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Japanese 大通り, ブールバード
- 大通り (ōdōri)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
- ブールバード (būrubādo)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
Latvian bulvāris
- bulvārisbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Malay boulevard
- boulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Norwegian bulevard
- bulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Persian بولوار
- بولوار (bulvâr)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
Polish bulwar, aleja
- bulwarbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- alejabroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Portuguese alameda, bulevar
- alamedabroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- bulevarbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Romanian bulevard
- bulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Russian бульва́р, проспе́кт
- бульва́р (bulʹvár)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
- проспе́кт (prospékt)broad, landscaped thoroughfare
Slovak bulvár
- bulvárbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Spanish bulevar, boulevard
- bulevarbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- boulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- bulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Swedish bulevard
- bulevardbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Tagalog bulebar
- bulebarbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Turkish bulvar
- bulvarbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Vietnamese đại lộ, đường lớn
- đại lộbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
- đường lớnbroad, landscaped thoroughfare
Cite this entry
boulevard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulevard
“boulevard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulevard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boulevard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulevard.
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