venue

English

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Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /"vEnju:/

Etymology

From Old French venue feminine past participle of verb venir.

Noun

venue (plural venues)

1. A place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.
2. (law) 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.
   • The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --Blackstone.
3. (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
4. (sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
   • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, Telegraph:

     With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.

Usage notes

In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.

Synonyms

See come, and confer venew, veney.

Hyponyms

• stadium
• arena

Translations

place, especially the one where a given event is to happen

• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地點 (cmn), 地点 (cmn) (dìdiǎn), 場地 (cmn), 场地 (cmn) (chǎngdì)

• Finnish: tapahtumapaikka (fi)

• French: lieu (fr) m, salle (fr) f
• German: Schauplatz (de) m, Örtlichkeit (de) f, Stätte (de) f, Austragungsort (de) m (sports event)
• Portuguese: sala de espectáculos (pt) f, palco (pt) m
• Russian: место встречи (ru) (mésto vstréči) n, место сбора (ru) (mésto sbóra) n

Related terms

• lay a venue
• bienvenue

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French

Noun

venue f (plural venues)

1. coming
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:

     [À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés de mille couleurs avaient-ils salué des harpes de leurs langues, dans une douce et mielleuse harmonie, la venue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier don Quichotte de la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel.

     [S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel.

Verb

venue f

1. feminine past participle of venir

Anagrams

• neuve
• neveu