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avenue

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈæv.əˌnjuː/
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  • US: /ˈæv.əˌn(j)u/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 V AH0 N UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 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The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A method or means by which something may be accomplished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a line of approach

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they explored every avenue they could think of
  • it promises to open new avenues to understanding

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: approach, attack, plan of attack

6

noun

Meaning 6

a wide street or thoroughfare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boulevard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: street

Narrower terms: Fifth Avenue, Seventh Avenue

History

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”)).

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: апроспект (apʼrospʼekʼtʼ) — broad street
  • Afrikaans: laan — broad street
  • Arabic: شَارِع (šāriʕ) — broad street
  • Armenian: պողոտա (poġota) — broad street
  • Armenian: պրոսպեկտ (prospekt) — broad street
  • Azerbaijani: prospekt — broad street
  • Basque: etorbide — broad street
  • Basque: hiribide — broad street
  • Belarusian: праспе́кт (praspjékt) — broad street
  • Belarusian: праспэ́кт (praspékt) — broad street
  • Belarusian: авеню́ (avjenjú) — broad street
  • Belarusian: авэню́ (avenjú) — broad street
  • Bulgarian: авеню́ (avenjú) — broad street
  • Catalan: avinguda — broad street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大道 (dàdào) — broad street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大街 (dàjiē) — broad street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大路 (dàlù) — broad street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大馬路 /大马路 (Dàmǎlù) — broad street
  • Czech: třída — broad street
  • Danish: allé — broad street
  • Danish: avenue — broad street
  • Dutch: weg — broad street
  • Dutch: laan — broad street
  • Esperanto: avenuo — broad street
  • Esperanto: aleo — broad street
  • Estonian: puiestee — broad street
  • Estonian: allee — broad street
  • Estonian: avenüü — broad street
  • Finnish: valtakatu — broad street
  • Finnish: puistokatu — broad street
  • Finnish: bulevardi — broad street
  • French: avenue — broad street
  • Galician: avenida — broad street
  • Georgian: პროსპექტი (ṗrosṗekṭi) — broad street
  • Georgian: გამზირი (gamziri) — broad street
  • German: Allee — broad street
  • Greek: λεωφόρος (leofóros) — broad street
  • Hebrew: שְׂדֵרָה (sderá) — broad street
  • Hungarian: út — broad street
  • Hungarian: sugárút — broad street
  • Icelandic: troð — broad street
  • Icelandic: breiðstræti — broad street
  • Irish: aibhinne — broad street
  • Italian: viale — broad street
  • Italian: corso — broad street
  • Japanese: 大道り (ōdōri) — broad street
  • Japanese: 並木道 (namikimichi) — broad street
  • Kazakh: даңғыл (dañğyl) — broad street
  • Korean: 거리 (geori) — broad street
  • Korean: 가로수길 (garosugil) — broad street
  • Korean: 대도 (daedo) — broad street
  • Latin: platēa — broad street
  • Latvian: aleja — broad street
  • Latvian: avēnija — broad street
  • Lithuanian: alėja — broad street
  • Lithuanian: prospektas — broad street
  • Malay: lebuh — broad street
  • Mirandese: abenida — broad street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: allé — broad street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aveny — broad street
  • Pashto: واټ (wātt) — broad street
  • Iranian Persian: خِیابان (xiyâbân) — broad street
  • Iranian Persian: مَعْبَر (ma'bar) — broad street
  • Iranian Persian: گُذَرْگاه (gozargâh) — broad street
  • Plautdietsch: Gauss — broad street
  • Polish: aleja — broad street
  • Portuguese: avenida — broad street
  • Romanian: cale — broad street
  • Romanian: avenue — broad street
  • Russian: авеню́ (avenjú) — broad street
  • Russian: проспе́кт (prospékt) — broad street
  • Russian: алле́я (alléja) — broad street
  • Sanskrit: वीथी (vīthī) — broad street
  • Serbo-Croatian: авенија — broad street
  • Serbo-Croatian: алеја — broad street
  • Serbo-Croatian: avenija — broad street
  • Serbo-Croatian: aleja — broad street
  • Sicilian: cursu — broad street
  • Sicilian: stratuni — broad street
  • Slovak: alej — broad street
  • Slovene: aleja — broad street
  • Spanish: avenida — broad street
  • Swedish: aveny — broad street
  • Tagalog: abenida — broad street
  • Tagalog: kabulusan — broad street
  • Tajik: хиёбон (xiyobon) — broad street
  • Tajik: гузаргоҳ (guzargoh) — broad street
  • Thai: ถนน (tà-nǒn) — broad street
  • Tibetan: རྒྱ་ལམ (rgya lam) — broad street
  • Turkish: cadde — broad street
  • Ukrainian: авеню́ (avenjú) — broad street
  • Ukrainian: проспе́кт (prospékt) — broad street
  • Urdu: خِیابان (xiyābān) — broad street
  • Uzbek: avenyu — broad street
  • Vietnamese: đại lộ — broad street
  • Vietnamese: thông lộ — broad street
  • Volapük: lael — broad street
  • Bulgarian: але́я (aléja) — way or opening; a passage
  • Finnish: reitti — way or opening; a passage
  • Greek: οδός (odós) — way or opening; a passage
  • Greek: δρόμος (drómos) — way or opening; a passage
  • Russian: алле́я (alléja) — way or opening; a passage
  • Dutch: laan — principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
  • Finnish: pihatie — principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
  • Finnish: puistokatu — principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
  • Greek: οδός (odós) — principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
  • Greek: δρόμος (drómos) — principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
  • Polish: podjazd — principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
  • Russian: подъе́зд (podʺjézd) — principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
  • Finnish: keino — method or means
  • Hungarian: út — method or means
  • Irish: deis — method or means
  • Russian: путь (putʹ) — method or means
  • Russian: сре́дство (srédstvo) — method or means
  • Russian: ме́тод (métod) — method or means
  • Spanish: vía — method or means
  • Spanish: camino — method or means
Real reading context

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