# 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: /ˈæv.əˌnjuː/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈæv.əˌn(j)u/
** Audio (US):(file)
* 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.
** 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.
* 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* The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
** 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.
* 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: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

* 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

* Acacia Avenue
* avenued
* avenuelike
* stravenue

#### 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: /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: /ˈɑʋenyː/, [ˈɑ̝ʋe̞nyː]
* Rhymes: -ɑʋenyː

### Noun

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

#### Declension

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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /av.ny/
* Audio:(file)

### 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

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### References

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