Avenue Definition
ăvə-no͝o, -nyo͝o
noun
A wide street or thoroughfare.
American Heritage
A roadway, pathway, or drive, often bordered with trees.
Webster's New World
A broad roadway lined with trees.
American Heritage
Such a roadway, etc. leading from the main road to the house on an estate.
Webster's New World
The drive leading from the main road up to a country house.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Avenue
Noun
Singular:
avenue
Plural:
avenuesOrigin of Avenue
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Borrowing 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”).
From Wiktionary
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French from Old French arrival from feminine past participle of avenir to approach from Latin advenīre to come to advent
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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