Promenade

  • 41promenade — {{11}}promenade (n.) 1560s, leisurely walk, from M.Fr. promenade, from se promener go for a walk, from L.L. promenare to drive (animals) onward, from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + minare to drive (animals) with shouts, from minari to threaten… …

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  • 42Promenade II — Infobox Skyscraper building name= Promenade II caption= preceded= One Atlantic Center year built= surpassed= year highest= year end= plural= location= 1230 Peachtree Street Northeast Atlanta status= groundbreaking= constructed= 1990 est… …

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  • 43promenade — /prɒməˈnad / (say promuh nahd), /prɒməˈneɪd / (say promuh nayd) noun 1. a walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display. 2. an area suitable for leisurely walking, especially one along the seafront at a beach resort; esplanade. 3 …

  • 44promenade — n. & v. n. 1 a Brit. a paved public walk along the sea front at a resort. b any paved public walk. 2 a walk, or sometimes a ride or drive, taken esp. for display, social intercourse, etc. 3 US a school or university ball or dance. 4 a march of… …

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  • 45promenade — [[t]prɒ̱mənɑ͟ːd, AM ne͟ɪd[/t]] promenades, promenading, promenaded 1) N COUNT In a seaside town, the promenade is the road by the sea where people go for a walk. Syn: sea front, prom 2) N COUNT A promenade is an area that is used for walking, for …

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  • 46promenade — prom•e•nade [[t]ˌprɒm əˈneɪd, ˈnɑd[/t]] n. v. nad•ed, nad•ing 1) a stroll or walk, esp. in a public place 2) an area used for such walking 3) a march of guests into a ballroom opening a formal ball 4) a march of dancers in square dancing 5) a… …

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  • 47promenade — I. verb ( naded; nading) Etymology: 2promenade Date: 1588 intransitive verb 1. to take or go on a promenade 2. to perform a promenade in a dance transitive verb to walk about in or on • promenader …

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  • 48promenade — [16] Promenade was borrowed from French. It was a derivative of se promener 397 property ‘go for a walk’, which came from late Latin prōmināre ‘drive forward’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forward’ and mināre ‘drive’. It… …

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  • 49promenade — UK [ˌprɒməˈnɑːd] / US [ˌprɑməˈneɪd] noun [countable] Word forms promenade : singular promenade plural promenades a place to walk, usually next to a beach …

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  • 50promenade — nf., balade, sortie : prom(e)nâda nf. (Arvillard.228b | 228a, Megève, NotreDame Be.), prom(è)nâda (Albanais.001b | 1a, Aix, Chambéry, Saxel), promin âda (Peisey) ; balâda nf. (001, Annecy, Villards Thônes) ; vèryà <virée> nf. (001), vriyà… …

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