# arena
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈɹiːnə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːnə

### Noun

arena (plural arenas or arenae or arenæ)
* An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
    A large crowd filled the seats of the arena.
* The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
    The arena is grey with white beams.
* (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
    The gladiators entered the arena.
* A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
    The company was a player in the maritime insurance arena.
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#### Derived terms

* arena football
* arenaful
* arena ice
* arenalike
* arena rock
* arenic
* descend into the arena
* Point Arena
* subarena

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Aaren, Arean, Arnea, anear

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin arēna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈɾena/
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: a‧re‧na

### Noun

arena f (plural arenas)
* sand

### References

* “arena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* areña

### Etymology

From Latin arēna.

### Noun

arena f (uncountable)
* sand
    Synonym: sable

#### Derived terms

* reló d'arena

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin arēna.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

arena f (plural arenes)
* sand
    Synonym: sorra
* arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
* arena (a realm in which important events unfold)

### Further reading

* “arena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “arena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “arena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “arena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin arēna. Doublet of area.

### Noun

arena f (plural arenas)
* arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)

### Further reading

* “arena”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch arena, from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈarɛna]
* Hyphenation: arè‧na

### Noun

arèna (plural arena-arena)
* arena:
** the building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts
    Synonym: gelanggang
** (figurative) a realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.

### Further reading

* “arena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin arēna. Doublet of rena.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈre.na/
* Rhymes: -ena
* Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na

#### Noun

arena f (plural arene)
* sand
    Synonyms: sabbia, rena
* beach or lido

##### Related terms

* arenoso

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin arēna.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈre.na/, (traditional) /aˈrɛ.na/
* Rhymes: -ena, (traditional) -ɛna
* Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na, (traditional) a‧rè‧na

#### Noun

arena f (plural arene)
* space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
* bullring and similar sporting spaces
* cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)

### References

* ↑ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
* ↑ arena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

### Further reading

* arena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* harēna

### Etymology

From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈreː.na/, [äˈreːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈre.na/, [äˈrɛːnä]

### Noun

arēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension
* Alternative form of harēna

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: arinã
** Romanian: arină
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: rena, arena
*** → Sicilian: arena
** Neapolitan: arena
** Sicilian: rina
* North Italian:
** Friulian: rene
** Venetan: rena
* Gallo-Romance:
** Old French: areine, araine
* Occitano-Romance:
** Catalan: arena
** Occitan: arena
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: arena
** Mirandese: arena
** Old Galician-Portuguese: arẽa, arena
*** Galician: area
*** Portuguese: areia (see there for further descendants)
** Spanish: arena
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: arena, rena
* Ancient borrowings:
** → Albanian: rânë, rërë — Standard, rerë — North Tosk
Later borrowings: (unsorted)
* → Albanian: arenë
* → Basque: harea
* → Belarusian: арэна (arena)
* → Bulgarian: арена (arena)
* → Chinese: 阿雷納 / 阿雷纳 (ā léi nà, aa$^3$ leoi$^4$ naap$^6$)
* → Czech: aréna
* → English: arena
* → French: arène
** → Romanian: arenă
** → Turkish: arena
* → French: aréna
* → Finnish: areena
* → German: Arena
* → Greek: αρένα (aréna)
* → Hungarian: aréna
* → Irish: airéine, airéana
* → Italian: arena
* → Japanese: アリーナ (arīna)
* → Korean: 아레나 (arena)
* → Macedonian: арена (arena)
* → Northern Sami: arena
* → Norwegian: arena
* → Persian: آرنا (ârenâ)
* → Polish: arena
* → Portuguese: arena
* → Russian: арена (arena)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: арена
    Latin script: arena
* → Swedish: arena
* → Ukrainian: арена (arena)

## Mirandese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɐˈɾenɐ/

### Noun

arena f
* sand

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

From Latin arēna.

### Noun

arena f
* sand

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈarena/

### Noun

arena
* arena

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.

### Noun

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)
* an arena
* a venue

### References

* “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈreːnɑ/

### Noun

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)
* an arena
* a venue

### References

* “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arēna, from an earlier *hasēna, possibly from Etruscan. Doublet of arenal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈrɛ.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛna
* Syllabification: a‧re‧na

### Noun

arena f
* arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
* arena (sports stadium)
    Synonym: stadion
* (historical) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
* arena (realm in which important events unfold)

#### Derived terms

* arenowy

#### Related terms

* arenitowy
* arenit

### Further reading

* arena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* arena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾẽ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾẽ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾe.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈɾe.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: a‧re‧na

### Noun

arena f (plural arenas)
* arena

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin arena.

### Noun

arena f
* sand

## Scots
### Verb

arena
* aren't

### References

* Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “arena”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arěːna/
* Hyphenation: a‧re‧na

### Noun

aréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)
* arena

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈɾena/ [aˈɾe.na]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: a‧re‧na

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.

#### Noun

arena f (plural arenas)
* (geology) sand, gravel
    arena muerta ― pure sand (useless for cultivation)
    arenas movedizas ― quicksand
    chorro de arena ― sandblast
* (building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring

##### Derived terms

* arena cinética
* arena de combate (“battle arena, fighting pit”)
* arena de miga
* arena de mina
* arena de moldeo
* arenal
* arenar
* arenas movedizas
* arenero
* arenilla
* arenisca
* banco de arena
* baño de arena
* dólar de arena
* edificar sobre arena
* enarenar
* granito de arena
* grano de arena
* hacer una montaña de un grano de arena
* reloj de arena
* sembrar en arena
* tormenta de arena
* una de cal y otra de arena

##### Related terms

* arenáceo
* arenoso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

arena
* inflection of arenar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “arena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

arena c
* arena

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* arean