bulevar
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch boulevard (“boulevard”). Doublet of baluarti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [buləˈvar], [buləˈfar], [buləˈpar]
- Hyphenation: bu‧lê‧var
Noun
bulêvar (plural bulevar-bulevar)
Further reading
- “bulevar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- boulevard (unadapted)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French boulevard.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bu.leˈvaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bu.leˈvaʁ/ [bu.leˈvaχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /bu.leˈvaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.lɨˈvaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.lɨˈbaɾ/ [bu.lɨˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.lɨˈva.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: bu‧le‧var
Noun
bulevar m (plural bulevares)
Further reading
- “bulevar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bulevar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “bulevar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “bulevar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French boulevard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bulěvaːr/
- Hyphenation: bu‧le‧var
Noun
bulèvār m inan (Cyrillic spelling булѐва̄р)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (“bulwark, bastion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buleˈbaɾ/ [bu.leˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bu‧le‧var
Noun
bulevar m (plural bulevares)
Further reading
- “bulevar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “bulevar”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
- Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “bulevar”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA