Champs-Élysées

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French

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Etymology

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Calque of Latin Campī Ēlysiī.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze/
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Proper noun

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Champs-Élysées m pl (plural only)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) the Elysian Fields, home of the blessed in the afterlife
  2. a major boulevard in Paris, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe