avenue

== 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): /əˈvɛnju/ Hyphenation: av‧e‧nue === Noun === avenue (plural avenues) 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. 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. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. 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 North American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east–west, while avenues run north–south (or the converse). 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) avenue ==== Inflection ==== === References === “avenue” in Den Danske Ordbog == Finnish == === Etymology === < French avenue === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑʋenyː/, [ˈɑ̝ʋe̞nyː] Rhymes: -ɑʋenyː === Noun === avenue (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) avenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees) (specifically) a radial avenue (an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees) (dated) avenue (principal walk or approach to a house or other building) (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 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) avenue ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. Please edit the entry and supply |def= and |pl= parameters to the {{ro-noun-f}} template. === References === avenue in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN