Esplanadeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

1590s, from French esplanade (“clear, level space”), from Spanish esplanada (explanada), form of esplanar (“to flatten, to make level”), from Latin explānāre, from which English explain; see also plain (“level area, to flatten”), and Italian spianata, from spianare.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/, /ˌɛspləˈnɑːd/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɛspləˌneɪd/, /ˈɛspləˌnɑd/
• 韻: -eɪd, -ɑːd

名詞

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.

同意語

• (public walk): promenade

派生語

関連する語

• explain
• plain

参照

アナグラム

• Delapenas