Promenade Meaning
/ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA prom (dance).
nounA walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
Sentence Examples
The promenade runs parallel to the shore.
The market on the promenade sells second-hand clothes and bric-a-brac.
Many people go for a walk on the promenade.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the evening, couples enjoy a leisurely ____ along the beach boardwalk.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple strolled along the seafront ____ as the sun set over the calm evening water.
Word Origin & History
Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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]:
"His morning promenade."
— 1921, Charles Chaplin, The Kid:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the evening, couples enjoy a leisurely ____ along the beach boardwalk.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple strolled along the seafront ____ as the sun set over the calm evening water.