venue
/ˈvɛnjuː/noun
venue is spelled V-E-N-U-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, venue means “A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of venue is venues.
How many letters and syllables are in venue?
| Letters | 5: V-E-N-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,667th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is venue?
Venue appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,667th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce venue?
- /ˈvɛnjuː/
Venue has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-venue.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of venue
- venues plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does venue mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
- 2
A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.
- 3
obsoleteA bout; a hit; a turn.
- 4
A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
- 5
The place where something happens; especially, one formally recognized as an appropriate one for that occurrence.
Near-synonym: setting
- 6
A group of vultures.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Venue in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place, especially the one where a given event is to happen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lieu, salle |
| German | Schauplatz, Örtlichkeit, Stätte, Austragungsort, Aufführungsort, Aufführungsstätte |
| Portuguese | sala de eventos, salão de eventos, local |
| Spanish | sala, anfitrión, paraje, recinto, sede, local |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does venue come from?
From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come). Doublet of veny.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).