Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boulevardier

/ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: boule-vardier
IPA: /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.

noun

A cocktail similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin.

verb

To strut or show off like a boulevardier.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Sitting alone at his window-seat, he was like an old boulevardier fallen on hard times, waspish, inward, slothful."
"The 19th century was the age of the flaneur and the boulevardier, figures who made strolling down Fifth Avenue or Broadway, often vividly attired, a fashionable activity worthy of their counterparts in Paris or London."
"The boulevardier is a fun drink. Similar to the negroni, the boulevardier features bourbon as the spirit instead of gin for the negroni. To be clear, they are different drinks but at the same time similar.[…]"
"Make no bones about it, if you were drinking a Boulevardier at Harry's in 1920, you were also drinking in a few hundred litres of smoke-filled air alongside it.[…]"
"On the revival menu: boulevardiers, martinis, Manhattans, negronis, old fashioneds and more."
""We're drinking Boulevardiers.""

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: boulevardier
Suffix: ier

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

boulevardiers (plural) boulevardiers (present, singular) boulevardiering (participle, present) boulevardiered (participle, past) boulevardiered (past)

Phrases

bon vivant

Frequently Paired Words

bon vivant dandy mall rat

Synonyms

flaunt ostentate swagger aura farm boulevardier cut a wide swath cut it fat cut round exhibitionize figure away flamboast flex

Rhymes With

here year we're near clear hear career fear wear appear dear beer

Questions

How do you pronounce boulevardier?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/.
What does boulevardier mean?: A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
Where does boulevardier come from?: It is traced to French.

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