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avenue

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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.
    • 2009, Carrie Frasure, Arizona Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide to Unique Places, →ISBN, page 111:
      Finding an address east to west is fairly simple . The numbering begins at Central Avenue and moves logically and predictably either west through the avenues or east through the streets, so you know that 2400 East Camelback is at Twenty-Fourth Street or 4300 West Indian School is at Forty-Third Avenue .
    • 2011, Time Out Los Angeles, →ISBN, page 78:
      Boulevards typically (but not exclusively) go east to west; avenues usually run north to south.
    • 2014, Adrienne Onofri, Walking Queens, →ISBN:
      The City of New York implemented a unified street grid in Queens: Numbered avenues run east–west; numbered streets run north–south.
  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 The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
    • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
      They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.
  4. A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
    There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.
    • 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.
    • 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Alexis Sanchez hit the crossbar for Barcelona early on and Pedro hit the post in the dying seconds - while Cole cleared off the line from Cesc Fabregas. Goalkeeper Petr Cech also saved well from Messi and Carles Puyol as Pep Guardiola's team tried every avenue in an attempt to break Chelsea down.
    • 2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 78:
      One avenue being explored is the Esk Valley line's community rail designation status, to see if standards more appropriate to a main line railway can be challenged with a view to facilitating low-cost operation of a rural branch.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Danish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /avəny/, [ævəˈny]

Noun

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avenue c (singular definite avenuen, plural indefinite avenuer)

  1. avenue

Inflection

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Declension of avenue
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative avenue avenuen avenuer avenuerne
genitive avenues avenuens avenuers avenuernes

References

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Finnish

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Etymology

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< French avenue

Pronunciation

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Noun

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avenue

  1. (chiefly in translations) avenue (type of street)
    New Yorkin Kuudes Avenue
    New York's Sixth Avenue

Declension

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Inflection of avenue (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative avenue avenuet
genitive avenuen avenueiden
avenueitten
partitive avenueta avenueita
illative avenuehun avenueihin
singular plural
nominative avenue avenuet
accusative nom. avenue avenuet
gen. avenuen
genitive avenuen avenueiden
avenueitten
partitive avenueta avenueita
inessive avenuessa avenueissa
elative avenuesta avenueista
illative avenuehun avenueihin
adessive avenuella avenueilla
ablative avenuelta avenueilta
allative avenuelle avenueille
essive avenuena avenueina
translative avenueksi avenueiksi
abessive avenuetta avenueitta
instructive — avenuein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of avenue (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative avenueni avenueni
accusative nom. avenueni avenueni
gen. avenueni
genitive avenueni avenueideni
avenueitteni
partitive avenuetani avenueitani
inessive avenuessani avenueissani
elative avenuestani avenueistani
illative avenuehuni avenueihini
adessive avenuellani avenueillani
ablative avenueltani avenueiltani
allative avenuelleni avenueilleni
essive avenuenani avenueinani
translative avenuekseni avenueikseni
abessive avenuettani avenueittani
instructive — —
comitative — avenueineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative avenuesi avenuesi
accusative nom. avenuesi avenuesi
gen. avenuesi
genitive avenuesi avenueidesi
avenueittesi
partitive avenuetasi avenueitasi
inessive avenuessasi avenueissasi
elative avenuestasi avenueistasi
illative avenuehusi avenueihisi
adessive avenuellasi avenueillasi
ablative avenueltasi avenueiltasi
allative avenuellesi avenueillesi
essive avenuenasi avenueinasi
translative avenueksesi avenueiksesi
abessive avenuettasi avenueittasi
instructive — —
comitative — avenueinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative avenuemme avenuemme
accusative nom. avenuemme avenuemme
gen. avenuemme
genitive avenuemme avenueidemme
avenueittemme
partitive avenuetamme avenueitamme
inessive avenuessamme avenueissamme
elative avenuestamme avenueistamme
illative avenuehumme avenueihimme
adessive avenuellamme avenueillamme
ablative avenueltamme avenueiltamme
allative avenuellemme avenueillemme
essive avenuenamme avenueinamme
translative avenueksemme avenueiksemme
abessive avenuettamme avenueittamme
instructive — —
comitative — avenueinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative avenuenne avenuenne
accusative nom. avenuenne avenuenne
gen. avenuenne
genitive avenuenne avenueidenne
avenueittenne
partitive avenuetanne avenueitanne
inessive avenuessanne avenueissanne
elative avenuestanne avenueistanne
illative avenuehunne avenueihinne
adessive avenuellanne avenueillanne
ablative avenueltanne avenueiltanne
allative avenuellenne avenueillenne
essive avenuenanne avenueinanne
translative avenueksenne avenueiksenne
abessive avenuettanne avenueittanne
instructive — —
comitative — avenueinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative avenuensa avenuensa
accusative nom. avenuensa avenuensa
gen. avenuensa
genitive avenuensa avenueidensa
avenueittensa
partitive avenuetaan
avenuetansa 		avenueitaan
avenueitansa
inessive avenuessaan
avenuessansa 		avenueissaan
avenueissansa
elative avenuestaan
avenuestansa 		avenueistaan
avenueistansa
illative avenuehunsa avenueihinsa
adessive avenuellaan
avenuellansa 		avenueillaan
avenueillansa
ablative avenueltaan
avenueltansa 		avenueiltaan
avenueiltansa
allative avenuelleen
avenuellensa 		avenueilleen
avenueillensa
essive avenuenaan
avenuenansa 		avenueinaan
avenueinansa
translative avenuekseen
avenueksensa 		avenueikseen
avenueiksensa
abessive avenuettaan
avenuettansa 		avenueittaan
avenueittansa
instructive — —
comitative — avenueineen
avenueinensa

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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

Adjective

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avenue

  1. feminine singular of avenu

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French avenue.

Noun

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avenue f (uncountable)

  1. avenue

Declension

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References

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