esplanade

1590s, from French esplanade (“clear, level space”), from either Spanish esplanada (explanada), form of esplanar (“to flatten, to make level”) or Italian spianata, form of spianare (of the same meaning), both from Latin explānāre, from which English explain; see also plain (“level area, to flatten”).^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/, /ˌɛspləˈnɑːd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/, /ˈɛspləˌnɑd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd, -ɑːd

esplanade (plural esplanades)

1. A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
2. The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.
3. A grass plat; a lawn.
4. Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; especially, a terrace by the seaside.
5. (Texas) Grassy strips between two divided highway lanes; a traffic island.

• (public walk): promenade

• explain
• plain

• Delapenas

Borrowed from French esplanade.

• Rhymes: -aːdə

esplanade c (singular definite esplanaden, plural indefinite esplanader)

1. esplanade

• “esplanade” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Italian spianata with influx from Spanish explanada, both from Latin explānātus.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pla.nad/

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esplanade f (plural esplanades)

1. esplanade, plaza, square, piazza

• “esplanade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012