Promenade

Definition: Promenade

Promenade

Noun

1. A formal dance held for a school class toward the end of the academic year.

2. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.

3. A square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle.

4. A march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance.

5. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).

Verb

1. March in a procession.

2. Take a walk.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "promenade" was first used: 1567. (references)

Dream Interpretation

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Synonyms: Promenade

Journey

Walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path.

Journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.

Ostentation

Demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets; (celebration); pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand function; f_te, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant.

Crosswords: Promenade

Dutch (promenade), French (amble, drive, hike, outing, perambulation, picnic, promenade, ramble, ride, run, stretch, stroll, tramp, walk, walking, whirl), German (alameda, boardwalk, boardwalks, constitutional, esplanade, parade, promenade).

Up in the Promenade Room, over three hundred people (The Towering Inferno; writing credit: Richard Martin Stern; Thomas N. Scortia)

Promenade (1968)

Retour d'une promenade en mer (1897)

Embarquement pour le promenade (1897)

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Books

• A Chronicle of First Performances at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, 1895-2000 (reference)

• And Promenade Home (reference)

• Calling from Diffusion: Hermeneutics of the Promenade (reference)

• Didi and Daddy on the Promenade (reference)

• LA Premiere Promenade De Spot (Spots First Walk) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Promenade (reference)

• Promenade With Duke (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 6, Bordeaux, France. : Main promenade to wards. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Vue de l'Hopital Royal de Bicestre : hors Paris a une promenade de la Porte des Gobelins / Dessime Sur les lieux et Grave par Rigaud. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

View of the new Rathaus from the Promenade Ring. Credit: Library of Congress.

Easter promenade. Credit: Library of Congress.

Views of Nice. Promenade Anglais. Public garden. Credit: Library of Congress.

South Carolina - the South in 1880 - East Battery, the Promenade on the southern end of East Bay Street, Charleston. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fort Gorges and Peak Island from Eastern Promenade, Portland, Me. Credit: Library of Congress.

On the western promenade, Portland, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress.

Promenade in front of Capitol, Harrisburg, Pa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stouffer's restaurant, Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia. View through promenade. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Marius went to the Luxembourg, no longer to promenade, but to sit down, always in the same place, and without knowing why.

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Expressions using "promenade": promenade concert ♦ promenade deck. Additional references.

Albanian

vallëzim (dance, dancing), shëtitore (Avenue, Boulevard, Mall, walk), shëtitje (jaunt, outing, ride, round, Sally, saunter, stroll, walk, walking), shëtit (air, have a walk, ramble, ride, stretch one's legs, stroll, toddle, walk, wander), shëtis (air, have a walk, ramble, ride, stretch one's legs, stroll, toddle, walk, wander), rruginë në park, nxjerr shetitje, buzë deti (sea-line). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منتزه مكان, ‏نزهة (ball, excursion, outing, ramble, ride, run, stretch one's legs, trip), ‏تنزه (hike, knock around, mosey, parade, perambulate, picnic, ramble, stretch one's legs, stroll, tramp, troll, walk), ‏طاف (afloat, buoyant, circuit, cruise, floating, range, roam, roll, rove, scour, swag, tour, travel), ‏ذهب في نزه, ‏خرج في نزه, ‏جال, ‏إفتتاح الحفلة الراقصة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

разхождам се (have a walk, perambulate, ramble, take a turn, take a walk, walk), разходка (airing, blow, drive, outing, perambulation, ramble, stroll, ta-ta, tour, turn, walk), фоайе (crush room, foyer, lobby, lounge), място за разходка (parade, prom). (various references)

Czech

provázet (go along, Shepherd), promenovat, promenádní koncert (prom, promenade concert), promenáda (parade), školní ples. (various references)

Danish

promenade. (various references)

Dutch

promenade (pedestrian precinct), wandeldreef, wandeldek. (various references)

Esperanto

promenejo. (various references)

Farsi 

گردشگاه (Espianade, Park, Walk, Walkway), گردش کردن (Revolve, Rove, Trip, Walk), گردش رفتن , گردش (Canter, Circuit, Gyration, Hike, Jaunt, Meander, Movement, Operation, Period, Progress, Race, Rev, Roll, Stroll, Trip, Twirl, Wrest), تفرجگاه , تفرج کردن , تفرج (Outing), سیر (Garlic, March, Tired). (various references)

Finnish

promenadi. (various references)

French

promenade. (various references)

German

promenade (alameda, boardwalk, boardwalks, constitutional, esplanade, parade), Gehweg (footpath, pavement, sidewalk). (various references)

Greek 

σεργιανίζω (walk), περιπατώ (amble, ambulate, perambulate, promenaded, stroll, walk), περίπατοσ (constitutional, perambulation, ramble, saunter, stroll, walk, walking), περίπατος (walk), παραθαλλάσιος δρόμος γιά βόλτα. (various references)

Hebrew 

מהלכה, להתהלך (go about, stroll, walk), לטיל (get around, go on trip, hike, ride, stretch one's legs, take an outing, walk), טילת (parade). (various references)

Hungarian

sétalovaglás, sétakocsikázás, sétány (ambulatory, boardwalk, esplanade, horrde, parade, prom, walk, walkway), sétálás. (various references)

Italian

passeggiata (esplanade, jaunt, ramble, ride, stroll, walk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

遊歩道 (esplanade), 遊歩 (walk), プロペラ船 (air propeller boat, professional wrestling, project manager, proletarian, proletariat, Prometheus, promethium, prominence, promote, promoter, promotion, promotion video, proportion, proposal), 散歩道 (esplanade, walk). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プロムナード , さんぽみち (esplanade, walk), ゆうほどう (esplanade), ゆうほ (walk). (various references)

Manx

shooylaghan (esplanade, sea-front), shooyl (ambulatory, gait, itinerant, pace, perambulate, perambulation, traverse, traversing, tread, treading, vagrant, walk, walking), cosheeaght (gait, march, procession, walk). (various references)

Pig Latin

omenadepray.(various references)

Portuguese

passeio (causeway, causey, crosswalk, footpath, footway, jaunt, mall, out, outing, pavement, perambulation, ramble, ride, roam, run, saunter, scramble, sidewalk, stroll, tour, trip, tripping, walk, walkway, wandering). (various references)

Romanian

promenadã (Mall, parade, parkway, walk), plimbare (drive, right about, round), plimba (walk), parcurge (beat up, cover, cross, do, go through, navigate, pace, range, run, sail, scour, travel through, traverse, walk), se plimba (go for a walk, pace, perambulate, stroll, tread, walk, walk upon), alee (alley, Avenue, Lane, Mall, parkway, ride, walk). (various references)

Russian 

студенческий бал, водить гулять, место для гулянья (parade), прогулка (airing, drive, excursion, jaunt, journey, outing, perambulation, ramble, ride, saunter, stroll, turn, walk), прогуливаться прогулка прогулочный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

promenada, prošetati se, korzo, šetnja (outing, saunter, stroll, tramp, walk), šetanje (walking), šetalište (esplanade, mall, walk). (various references)

Spanish

paseo (alley, constitutional, corridor, crossing, drive, excursion, expedition, gut, junket, Mall, outing, passage, perambulation, public walking, ride, row, sail, Sally, saunter, spin, stroll, tour, trip, walk, walking, wander). (various references)

Swedish

promenera (go for a walk, hike, stroll, walk), promenadväg (walk), promenadstråk, promenadplats (esplanade, parade), promenad (esplanade, perambulation, saunter, stroll, walk, walkabout, walking, wander), bal (bale, ball, dance, pack, package). (various references)

Turkish

okul balosu (prom), mesire (Mall, resort), gezmek (browse around, get about, go about, hike, itinerate, jaunt, knock about, knock around, perambulate, peregrinate, range, rove, tour, travel, visit, walk, wander, wander in), gezinti yeri (esplanade, prom), gezinti (airing, excursion, hike, jaunt, outing, prom, ride, run, Sally, stroll, trip, walk, walking tour), gezinmek (bat around, get around, go for a stroll, go for a walk, hang about, hang around, mosey, perambulate, roam, rove, rove about, stray, stroll, take a stroll, take a walk, walk about, walk around, wander, wander about), gezi (excursion, journey, locomotion, outing, sightseeing, tour, travel, trip), gezdirmek (give a ride, show around, take walk for a walk, trot round, walk, walk about, walk around). (various references)

Ukrainian

гуляти (walk), бал (ball, dance), прогулюватися (ride out, saunter, stroll, walk about), прогулювати (wag, walk), прогулянка (airing, outleap, ramble, ride, round, saunter, stroll, tour), променад. (various references)

Vietnamese 

cuộc đi dạo (round, run), cuộc đi chơi nơi dạo chơi. (various references)

Welsh

rhodfa (avenue, walk). (various references)

deambulabat, deambulabo, deambulacra, deambulantis, deambularet, deambulavit. (various references)

promenare. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "promenade": promenaded, promenader, promenaders, promenades. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Promenade" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: proenade, promedade, promena, promenado, promenda, prominade, Ronsnade. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dampener, demeanor, enamored, pomander.

-2 letters: amender, aproned, madrone, manrope, meander, moderne, operand, padrone, pandore, premade, prename, reedman, renamed.

-3 letters: ampere, daemon, damner, dampen, damper, demean, deperm, depone, earned, emerod, enamor, endear, meaner, mender, moaned, moaner, modern, moreen, neared, normed, oedema, omened, opened, opener, pander, pardee, pardon, pereon, permed, pomade, ponder, preman, premed, premen.

+1 letter: promenaded, promenader, promenades.

+2 letters: predominate, promenaders.

+3 letters: impersonated, imponderable, predominance, predominated, predominates, prenominated.

+4 letters: compartmented, imponderables, intercompared, predominances, predominately, premeditation, preordainment.

+5 letters: impersonalized, predominancies, premeditations, preordainments.