boulevardn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊləvɑːd/,

/ˈbuːl(ə)vɑːd/,

/ˈbuːləvɑːd/, U.S.

/ˈbʊləˌvɑrd/

Forms: rarely boulevart.

Etymology: < French boulevard, older -vart , -ver ; apparently corrupted from a Germanic word = German bollwerk bulwark n.; compare Spanish baluarte, Italian baluardo bulwark.

a. A broad street, promenade, or walk, planted with rows of trees. Chiefly applied to streets of this kind in Paris, or to others which it is intended to compare to them. Now frequently (esp. in U.S.), a wide or well laid-out street or avenue. The French word originally meant the horizontal portion of a rampart; hence the promenade laid out on a demolished fortification.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > wide

boulevard1769

avenue1780

1769 H. Walpole Let. 30 Aug. (1857) V. 183 She and I went to the Boulevard last night after supper.

1772 Weekly Mag. 21 May 233/2 We made the circuit of the city on the boulevards.

1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris vi. 83 The Boulevarde goes round Paris, and was originally its boundary.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. xii. 288 I'm fond of its Boulevarts busy.

1875 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 541/2 The boulevard which started from Lincoln Park, connects the Central and Douglas Parks, and then continuing [etc.].

1881 J. Morley Life R. Cobden II. 128 The massacre of unarmed citizens on the boulevards.

1903 A. B. Hart Actual Govt. 328 Hence have grown up systems of boulevards, broad, winding, and well-surfaced, reaching from park to park and often from city to city.

1938 J. Cary Castle Corner 65 A head and face that might have belonged to any senior military club or Cheltenham boulevard.

1958 A. Sillitoe Saturday Night & Sunday Morning xi. 153 They took a long walk back to her house, by the boulevard that bordered the estate.

b. North American. A dual carriageway; an arterial road, main highway, or freeway.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > dual carriageway

boulevard1929

dual carriageway1933

1929 Sat. Evening Post 16 Nov. 41/2 On a three-lane boulevard a local driver generally keeps well toward the center.

1933 M. McKernan in Life in U.S. 210 The tourist booming along the Kansas–Colorado boulevard sees only a stretch of monotony that burns his eyeballs.

1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) 546 Boulevard, in some American cities, has of late taken on the meaning of a highway for through traffic, on entering which all vehicles must first halt. In England such a highway is commonly called an arterial road.

1976 L. Dills CB Slanguage Dict. (rev. ed.) 19 Boulevard, expressway (SE).

1979 Washington Post 22 Feb. c1/6 Alex Haley swings out of a parking lot onto a busy Los Angeles boulevard, his bronze and green 250 SL Mercedes nosing along.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations. boulevard theatre n. see quot. 1961; so boulevard farce, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > other types or branches

satyric1693

legitimate1826

boulevard theatre1838

satyr drama1839

tragicomic1842

costume drama1847

Sardoodledom1895

slice of life1895

cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898

total theatre1935

epic theatre1938

Theatre of Cruelty1954

music theatre1957

psychodramatics1957

reader's theatre1957

metatheatre1960

Theatre of the Absurd1961

nautanki1962

Theatre of Fact1966

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > a farce

farce1530

Atellan1628

burletta1748

sotie1807

farcetta1835

boulevard farce1838

Whitehall farce1956

1838 Times 24 Feb. 5/2 The scribblers of the French Boulevard-theatres are its real masters.

1918 W. Hutchinson Doctor in War (1919) xviii. 260 The superb, boulevard-wide..military roads of the Italian engineers.

1928 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 613 I'm always reading the Frenchmen I like: none of them boulevard idols.

1929 Observer 17 Nov. 11/3 The piece is not only amusing. It deserves to be judged by a higher standard than the mere boulevard farce.

1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth 48 The boulevard press..tried to prove that France was fighting a war for democracy.

1961 Times 17 Jan. 4/1 The expression ‘boulevard theatre’, which up to a few years ago was in current use to describe that part of French theatrical production whose principal aim was to amuse..becomes nowadays less and less useful.

Derivatives

Hence (in newspapers)

bouleˈvardian adj.

bouleˈvardish adj.

ˈboulevardy adj.

ˈboulevardize v.

ΚΠ

1864 Sat. Rev. 18 27/2 The boulevardizing of Paris has..caused great misery to the poor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boulevard
释义	boulevardn. Brit. /ˈbʊləvɑːd/, /ˈbuːl(ə)vɑːd/, /ˈbuːləvɑːd/, U.S. /ˈbʊləˌvɑrd/ Forms: rarely boulevart. Etymology: < French boulevard, older -vart , -ver ; apparently corrupted from a Germanic word = German bollwerk bulwark n.; compare Spanish baluarte, Italian baluardo bulwark. a. A broad street, promenade, or walk, planted with rows of trees. Chiefly applied to streets of this kind in Paris, or to others which it is intended to compare to them. Now frequently (esp. in U.S.), a wide or well laid-out street or avenue. The French word originally meant the horizontal portion of a rampart; hence the promenade laid out on a demolished fortification. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > wide boulevard1769 avenue1780 1769 H. Walpole Let. 30 Aug. (1857) V. 183 She and I went to the Boulevard last night after supper. 1772 Weekly Mag. 21 May 233/2 We made the circuit of the city on the boulevards. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris vi. 83 The Boulevarde goes round Paris, and was originally its boundary. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. xii. 288 I'm fond of its Boulevarts busy. 1875 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 541/2 The boulevard which started from Lincoln Park, connects the Central and Douglas Parks, and then continuing [etc.]. 1881 J. Morley Life R. Cobden II. 128 The massacre of unarmed citizens on the boulevards. 1903 A. B. Hart Actual Govt. 328 Hence have grown up systems of boulevards, broad, winding, and well-surfaced, reaching from park to park and often from city to city. 1938 J. Cary Castle Corner 65 A head and face that might have belonged to any senior military club or Cheltenham boulevard. 1958 A. Sillitoe Saturday Night & Sunday Morning xi. 153 They took a long walk back to her house, by the boulevard that bordered the estate. b. North American. A dual carriageway; an arterial road, main highway, or freeway. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > dual carriageway boulevard1929 dual carriageway1933 1929 Sat. Evening Post 16 Nov. 41/2 On a three-lane boulevard a local driver generally keeps well toward the center. 1933 M. McKernan in Life in U.S. 210 The tourist booming along the Kansas–Colorado boulevard sees only a stretch of monotony that burns his eyeballs. 1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) 546 Boulevard, in some American cities, has of late taken on the meaning of a highway for through traffic, on entering which all vehicles must first halt. In England such a highway is commonly called an arterial road. 1976 L. Dills CB Slanguage Dict. (rev. ed.) 19 Boulevard, expressway (SE). 1979 Washington Post 22 Feb. c1/6 Alex Haley swings out of a parking lot onto a busy Los Angeles boulevard, his bronze and green 250 SL Mercedes nosing along. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. boulevard theatre n. see quot. 1961; so boulevard farce, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > other types or branches satyric1693 legitimate1826 boulevard theatre1838 satyr drama1839 tragicomic1842 costume drama1847 Sardoodledom1895 slice of life1895 cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898 total theatre1935 epic theatre1938 Theatre of Cruelty1954 music theatre1957 psychodramatics1957 reader's theatre1957 metatheatre1960 Theatre of the Absurd1961 nautanki1962 Theatre of Fact1966 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > a farce farce1530 Atellan1628 burletta1748 sotie1807 farcetta1835 boulevard farce1838 Whitehall farce1956 1838 Times 24 Feb. 5/2 The scribblers of the French Boulevard-theatres are its real masters. 1918 W. Hutchinson Doctor in War (1919) xviii. 260 The superb, boulevard-wide..military roads of the Italian engineers. 1928 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 613 I'm always reading the Frenchmen I like: none of them boulevard idols. 1929 Observer 17 Nov. 11/3 The piece is not only amusing. It deserves to be judged by a higher standard than the mere boulevard farce. 1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth 48 The boulevard press..tried to prove that France was fighting a war for democracy. 1961 Times 17 Jan. 4/1 The expression ‘boulevard theatre’, which up to a few years ago was in current use to describe that part of French theatrical production whose principal aim was to amuse..becomes nowadays less and less useful. Derivatives Hence (in newspapers) bouleˈvardian adj. bouleˈvardish adj. ˈboulevardy adj. ˈboulevardize v. ΚΠ 1864 Sat. Rev. 18 27/2 The boulevardizing of Paris has..caused great misery to the poor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1769
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