noun
la avenue
avenue
Grande rue souvent bordée d’arbres ou de bâtiments importants, utilisée pour la circulation et les promenades.
Definition & meaning
Avenue usually means a broad street or road, often lined with trees or important buildings.
It can also mean an approach or means of achieving something, much like “avenue” in English.
Grammar & Word origin
- Noun, feminine: une avenue; plural: des avenues.
- It comes from the past participle of the verb avenir , originally expressing the idea of an approach or arrival.
Synonyms & antonyms
- boulevard — a wide urban road, often with several lanes; unlike an avenue, it is traditionally associated with a road following former city fortifications.
- allée — a path or walkway, often lined with trees; generally narrower than an avenue.
- voie — a general term for a road, route, or way, without implying the width or layout of an avenue.
There is no direct antonym in the usual sense.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
Nous marchons sur cette avenue.noun
We are walking on this avenue.
Ces avenues sont calmes.noun
These avenues are quiet.
Cette avenue est très longue.noun
This avenue is very long.
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