EuroLex/F/Avenue
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: avenue - 1. avenue, boulevard
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | aveny | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| English | avenue | 17c | 'meaning 1;
and also: a street title in an address, form: Avenue (Abbr. Ave. or Av.); a means of access or approach' | 'a way of approach (originally a military word), then the meaning shifted to a way of approach to a country-house, usually bordered by trees, hence, a broad, tree-lined roadway (1654), then to wide, main street (1858, esp. in U.S.)' | http://www.etymonline.com/ |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Avenue | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | avēnija | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | aveniu | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | avenida | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | av. | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | avenida | ... | 'meaning 1;
and also: a street title in an address, form: Avenue (Abbr. Ave. or Av.); a means of access or approach' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from M.Fr. avenue way of access, from O.Fr. avenue act of approaching, arrival, from fem. of avenu, pp. of avenir arrive, from L. advenire to come, from ad- to + venire to come
source: etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
editCzech: třída
Danish: -gade; -vej
Dutch: (brede) bomenlaan, aanpak
Estonian: tänav
Finnish: katu
Hungarian: sugárút
Italian: viale
Norwegian: gate, vei
Polish: ulica, aleja
Slovak: trieda
Swedish: allé, boulevard, gata, väg
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