promenade
/ˌpɹɑm.əˈneɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
noun
A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
verb
To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
Example Sentences
- "they told him to think no more of the matter , and to try his fortune in another promenade"
- "His morning promenade."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Haussmann’s remodelling brought about the boulevards, the building lots, the promenades and street planting that remain inimitably characteristic of Paris."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɹɑm.əˈneɪd/
- British English: /ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/