avenue
French, noun/a.vny/
avenue is spelled A-V-E-N-U-E (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avenue is a French feminine noun meaning “avenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of avenu. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Voie urbaine d’importance et de taille diverses. Toutefois, en général, une avenue est moins importante qu’un…”.
What does avenue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineavenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees)
- 2
femininea radial avenue (an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees)
- 3
datedfeminineavenue (principal walk or approach to a house or other building)
- 4
feminineavenue (means by which something may be accomplished)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of avenu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Voie urbaine d’importance et de taille diverses. Toutefois, en général, une avenue est moins importante qu’un boulevard. 2. Allée plantée d'arbres conduisant à une habitation, à un édifice. 3. Voie urbaine bordée d’arbres. 4. Dans les villes, large artère rectiligne, ouvrant une perspective.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of avenue
- avenues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avenue?
- /a.vny/
- /a.və.ny/
- \av.ny\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avenue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avenue in French?
avenue appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).