avenue

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“come to”, from ad (“to”) +‎ veniō, venīre (“come”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæv.əˌnjuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæv.əˌn(j)u/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /aˈvenjuː/
• Hyphenation: av‧e‧nue

Noun

avenue (plural avenues)

1. A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
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 The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.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.
   • 1796, George Washington, "Farewell Address", American Daily Advertiser:

     As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent Patriot.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used interchangeably with other terms such as street. When distinguished, an avenue is generally broad and tree-lined. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east–west, while avenues run north–south.
• When abbreviated in an address (such as "Malcolm Ave" or "Fisher Av.") a capital "A" is normally used and a full stop (period) only used if "e" is not the last letter of the abbreviation.
• In French traditionally used for routes between two places within a city, named for the destination (or formally where it is coming from), as in the archetypal Avenue des Champs-Élysées. This distinction is not observed in US English, where names such as “Fifth Avenue” are common. In British English, 'Avenue' is usually more associated with a tree-lined street and is sometimes named after the species of tree e.g. Acacia Avenue.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veniō, venīre (“come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avəny/, [ævəˈny]

Noun

avenue c (singular definite avenuen, plural indefinite avenuer)

1. avenue

Inflection

References

• “avenue” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Etymology

< French avenue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋenyː/, [ˈɑ̝ʋe̞nyː]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋenyː

Noun

avenue

1. (chiefly in translations) avenue (type of street)

Declension

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /av.ny/

Noun

avenue f (plural avenues)

1. avenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees)
2. (specifically) a radial avenue (an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees)
3. (dated) avenue (principal walk or approach to a house or other building)
4. (figuratively) avenue (means by which something may be accomplished)

Derived terms

• (abbreviation): av., av, ave., ave

Descendants

• → Spanish: avenida
  • → Portuguese: avenida
  • → Tagalog: abenida

Adjective

avenue

1. feminine singular of avenu

Further reading

• “avenue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avenue.

Noun

avenue f (uncountable)

1. avenue

Declension

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References

• avenue in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN