avenue

English

Etymology

From French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin advenire (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + venire (“come”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæv.əˌnju/, SAMPA: /"{v.@%nju/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæv.əˌnu/, SAMPA: /"{v@%nu/

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Noun

avenue (plural avenues)

1. A broad street, especially one bordered by trees.
2. A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
3. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
4. A method or means by which something may be accomplished.

   There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.

Synonyms

• (broad street): drive, boulevard
• (broad street): av. , av , ave. , ave (abbreviation)

Translations

broad street

Armenian: պողոտա (hy) (poġota), (colloquial) պրոսպեկտ (hy) (prospekt) Bulgarian: авеню (bg) (avenyú) n. Chinese: 大道 (dadao) Czech: třída (cs) f. Danish: allé (da) c., avenue (da) c. Dutch: weg (nl) Esperanto: avenuo (eo) Finnish: valtakatu (fi), puistokatu (fi) French: avenue (fr) German: Allee (de) Greek: λεωφόρος (el) (leofóros), αστική οδική αρτηρία (el) (astikí oðikí artiría) Hebrew: שׂדרה (he) (sdera) Hungarian: út (hu), sugárút (hu) Irish: aibhinne (ga) m. Italian: viale (it), corso (it)

Japanese: 大道り (oudouri) Korean: 도로 (doro) Latin: advenita Lojban: klaji (jbo) Norwegian: allé (no) m. Pashto: واټ (ps) (wātt) m. Polish: aleja (pl) Portuguese: avenida (pt) Romanian: cale (ro) f., avenue (ro) f. Russian: авеню (ru) (avenue) f. проспект (ru) (prospekt) m. Sicilian: dromu (scn) m. Spanish: avenida (es) Swedish: aveny (sv) Tagalog: abenida  (tl)

way or opening; a passage

Bulgarian: алея (bg) Finnish: reitti (fi)

Greek: οδός (el) (oðós) f., δρόμος (el) (ðrómos) m.

principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road

Greek: οδός (el) (oðós) f., δρόμος (el) (ðrómos) m.

Polish: podjazd (pl) m.

a method or means

Spanish: vía (es) f., camino (es) m.

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Danish

Etymology

From French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin advenire (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + venire (“come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /avəny/, [ævəˈny]

Noun

avenue c. (singular definite avenuen, plural indefinite avenuer)

1. avenue

Inflection

    Inflection of avenue

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	avenue	avenuen	avenuer	avenuerne
genitive	avenues	avenuens	avenuers	avenuernes

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Noun

avenue f. (plural avenues)

1. avenue

Derived terms

• (abbreviation): av. , av , ave. , ave