How to spell boulevard

Boulevard is spelled B-O-U-L-E-V-A-R-D.

hear itboul·e·vard/'bʊlə,vɑrd/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A wide street or thoroughfare.

In a sentence: The family walked down the busy boulevard to get ice cream.

Same family: avenue, street, road, highway, parkway. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Boulevard comes from French, where it originally referred to a broad walkway on top of a city wall. Over time, the word shifted to mean a wide, tree-lined street in a town or city.

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