promenade en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹɒm.əˌneɪd/ (UK, rare)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˌpɹɒm.əˈnɑːd/ (UK)
- /ˌpɹɒm.əˈneɪd/ (UK)
- /ˌpɹɑm.əˈnɑd/ (US)
- /ˌpɹɑm.əˈneɪd/ (US)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Meanings
- (formal) A prom (dance).
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A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
His morning promenade.
1921, Charles Chaplin, The Kid:they told him to think no more of the matter , and to try his fortune in another promenade
1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:Down in the arena, though, it was business as semi-normal with the band members making their traditional promenade through the crowd to a small in-the-round stage with a colourful player piano taking up most of the room.
2022 September 6, Fiona Shepherd, “Music review: Arcade Fire, Hydro, Glasgow”, in The Scotsman:
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A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
Haussmann’s remodelling brought about the boulevards, the building lots, the promenades and street planting that remain inimitably characteristic of Paris.
2001, Alan Tate, “Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris”, in Great City Parks, London; New York, N.Y.: Spon Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 47, column 1:The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes.
1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, page 235:By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
- A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| promenades | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
promenade concert · promenade deck
Synonyms
Translations (38)
pt calçadão (place to walk) · sv promenad (place to walk) · gl paseo marítimo (place to walk) · es paseo (place to walk) · la ambulacrum (place to walk) · he טיילת (place to walk) · gd àite-spaistireachd (place to walk) · bg стъргало (place to walk) · cy bwhwmanfa (place to walk) · mk шета́лиште (place to walk) · ru промена́д (place to walk) · bg място за разходка (place to walk) · ru пешехо́дная у́лица (place to walk) · cmn 步道 (place to walk) · fi promenadi (place to walk) · mk ко́рзо (place to walk) · ca passeig (place to walk) · kw rosva (place to walk) · sh шеталиште (place to walk) · sv strandpromenad (place to walk) · sh šetalište (place to walk) · gl paseo (place to walk) · el περίπατος (place to walk) · hu promenád (place to walk) · de Promenade (place to walk) · pl promenada (place to walk) · grc περίπατος (place to walk) · af prom (place to walk) · fi rantakatu (place to walk) · ru эсплана́да (place to walk) · sv promenadstråk (place to walk) · vo melaspataveg (place to walk) · nl promenade (place to walk) · vo spataveg (place to walk) · fr promenoir (place to walk) · hu sétány (place to walk) · cy promenâd (place to walk) · eo promenejo (place to walk)