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.
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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
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.
- “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.
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin arēna, possibly from Etruscan. See also rena.
PronunciationEdit
- (esp. in sense 1 and 2) IPA(key): /aˈre.na/[1]
- Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na
- (esp. in sense 3 and 4) IPA(key): /aˈrɛ.na/[2]
- Hyphenation: a‧rè‧na
NounEdit
arena f (plural arene)
- sand
- beach or lido
- space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
- bullring and similar sporting spaces
- cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension
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
- Eastern Romance:
- Italian: arena
- Neapolitan: arena
- Old French: areine
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: arena
- Old Occitan:
- Old Portuguese: arẽa
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: arena
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: rene
- Sardinian: arena, rena
- Sicilian: arena, rina
- Venetian: rena
Borrowings
- → Albanian: rânë, rërë (early), arenë (late)
- → Basque: harea
- → Belarusian: арэна (arena)
- → Bulgarian: арена (arena)
- → Chinese: 阿雷納 (ā léi nà, aa3 leoi4 naap6)
- → Czech: aréna
- → English: arena
- → French: arène
- → Romanian: arenă
- → French: aréna
- → Finnish: areena
- → German: Arena
- → Greek: αρένα (aréna)
- → Hungarian: aréna
- → Irish: airéine, airéana
- → 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)
NounEdit
arēnā f
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
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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[1], 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
From Latin arēna, from an earlier *hasēna, possibly from Etruscan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena f
- arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
- (historical) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
- arena (realm in which important events unfold)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- (adjective) arenowy
Further readingEdit
- arena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- arena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arena f (plural arenas)
SardinianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish arena, from Latin arena.
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)
- (building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring
Derived termsEdit
- arena de combate ("battle arena, fighting pit")
- arenal
- arenar
- arenas movedizas
- arenero
- arenilla
- arenisca
- arenisca
- banco de arena
- dólar de arena
- enarenar
- grano de arena
- reloj de arena
- una de cal y otra de arena
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “arena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
arena c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of arena | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | arena | arenan | arenor | arenorna |
Genitive | arenas | arenans | arenors | arenornas |