arena
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena (plural arenas or arenae or arenæ)
- An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
- A large crowd filled the seats of the arena.
- The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
- The arena is grey with white beams.
- (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
- The gladiators entered the arena.
- A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
- The company was a player in the maritime insurance arena.
- 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:, page 4:
- But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds, determining levels of anti-rabies vaccinations in village dogs, and examining ecological factors under the canopy of trees growing in agricultural areas.
- December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time[1]:
- To Musk, his vast fortune is a mere side effect of his ability not just to see but to do things others cannot, in arenas where the stakes are existential.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
an enclosed area, often outdoor
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the building housing such an area
the sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre
a realm in which important events unfold
AnagramsEdit
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
arena f (plural arenas)
ReferencesEdit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
AsturianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
arena f (plural arenes)
Derived termsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
arena f (plural arenes)
- sand
- Synonym: sorra
- arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
- arena (a realm in which important events unfold)
Further readingEdit
- “arena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “arena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “arena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “arena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin arēna. Doublet of area.
NounEdit
arena f (plural arenas)
- arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
Further readingEdit
- “arena” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch arena, from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arèna (first-person possessive arenaku, second-person possessive arenamu, third-person possessive arenanya)
- arena:
- the building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
- Synonym: gelanggang
- (figurative) a realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
- the building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
Further readingEdit
- “arena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Latin arēna. Doublet of rena.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena f (plural arene)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /aˈre.na/, (traditional) /aˈrɛ.na/[2][3]
- Rhymes: -ena, (traditional) -ɛna
- Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na, (traditional) a‧rè‧na
NounEdit
arena f (plural arene)
- space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
- bullring and similar sporting spaces
- cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
- ^ arena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007
Further readingEdit
- arena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension
- Alternative form of harēna
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arēna | arēnae |
| Genitive | arēnae | arēnārum |
| Dative | arēnae | arēnīs |
| Accusative | arēnam | arēnās |
| Ablative | arēnā | arēnīs |
| Vocative | arēna | arēnae |
DescendantsEdit
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
Later borrowings: (unsorted)
- → Albanian: arenë
- → Basque: harea
- → Belarusian: арэна (arena)
- → Bulgarian: арена (arena)
- → Chinese: 阿雷納／阿雷纳 (ā léi nà, aa3 leoi4 naap6)
- → Czech: aréna
- → English: arena
- → French: arène
- → French: aréna
- → Finnish: areena
- → German: Arena
- → Greek: αρένα (aréna)
- → Hungarian: aréna
- → Irish: airéine, airéana
- → Italian: arena
- → Japanese: アリーナ (arīna)
- → Korean: 아레나 (arena)
- → Macedonian: арена (arena)
- → Northern Sami: arena
- → Norwegian: arena
- → Persian: آرنا (ârenâ)
- → Polish: arena
- → Portuguese: arena
- → Russian: арена (arena)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Swedish: arena
- → Ukrainian: арена (arena)
ReferencesEdit
- “arena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “arena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “arena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
NeapolitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
arena f
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further readingEdit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.
NounEdit
arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)
ReferencesEdit
- “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)
ReferencesEdit
- “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin arēna, from an earlier *hasēna, possibly from Etruscan. Doublet of arenal.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena f
- arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
- arena (sports stadium)
- Synonym: stadion
- (historical) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
- arena (realm in which important events unfold)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of arena
Derived termsEdit
adjective
Related termsEdit
adjective
noun
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: a‧re‧na
NounEdit
arena f (plural arenas)
SardinianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
arena f
ScotsEdit
VerbEdit
arena
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena f (plural arenas)
- (geology) sand, gravel
- arena muerta ― pure sand (useless for cultivation)
- arenas movedizas ― quicksand
- chorro de arena ― sandblast
- (building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
VerbEdit
arena
- inflection of arenar:
Further readingEdit
- “arena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
arena c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of arena | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | arena | arenan | arenor | arenorna |
| Genitive | arenas | arenans | arenors | arenornas |