boulevard
French, noun/bul.vaʁ/
boulevard is spelled B-O-U-L-E-V-A-R-D (9 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boulevard is a French masculine noun meaning “bulwark, rampart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terre-plein d’un rempart, terrain d’un bastion ou d’une courtine”.
What does boulevard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebulwark, rampart
- 2
masculineboulevard, avenue
- 3
masculinecauseway
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terre-plein d’un rempart, terrain d’un bastion ou d’une courtine. 2. Place forte, bastion ou rempart métaphorique ; moyen de défense. 3. Promenade plantée d’arbres, qui fait le tour d’une ville et qui occupe souvent l’espace des anciens remparts. 4. Large voie, le plus souvent plantée d’arbres.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boulevard
- boulevards plural
- boulevart archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boulevard?
- /bul.vaʁ/
- \bul.vaʁ\
- [ɛ̃ bul.vaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boulevard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boulevard in French?
boulevard appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).