arena
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈɹiːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun
[edit]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, , 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, 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 terms
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Anagrams
[edit]Aragonese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena f (plural arenas)
References
[edit]- “arena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena f (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]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 reading
[edit]- “arena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “arena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin arēna. Doublet of area.
Noun
[edit]arena f (plural arenas)
- arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
Further reading
[edit]- “arena”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch arena, from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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 reading
[edit]- “arena” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin arēna. Doublet of rena.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena f (plural arene)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /aˈre.na/, (traditional) /aˈrɛ.na/[2][3]
- Rhymes: -ena, (traditional) -ɛna
- Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na, (traditional) a‧rè‧na
Noun
[edit]arena f (plural arene)
- space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
- bullring and similar sporting spaces
- cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)
References
[edit]- ^ 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 reading
[edit]- arena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈreː.na/, [äˈreːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈre.na/, [äˈrɛːnä]
Noun
[edit]arēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension
- Alternative form of harēna
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | arēna | arēnae |
Genitive | arēnae | arēnārum |
Dative | arēnae | arēnīs |
Accusative | arēnam | arēnās |
Ablative | arēnā | arēnīs |
Vocative | arēna | arēnae |
Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- → Albanian: rânë
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)
Mirandese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena f
- sand
Neapolitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena f
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
[edit]- 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 Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.
Noun
[edit]arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)
References
[edit]- “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)
References
[edit]- “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin arēna, from an earlier *hasēna, possibly from Etruscan. Doublet of arenal.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- arena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- arena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: a‧re‧na
Noun
[edit]arena f (plural arenas)
Sardinian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena f
Scots
[edit]Verb
[edit]arena
References
[edit]- Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “arena”, in The Online Scots Dictionary[3]
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.
Noun
[edit]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 terms
[edit]- arena cinética
- arena de combate (“battle arena, fighting pit”)
- arena de miga
- arena de mina
- arena de moldeo
- arenal
- arenar
- arenas movedizas
- arenero
- arenilla
- arenisca
- banco de arena
- baño de arena
- dólar de arena
- edificar sobre arena
- enarenar
- granito de arena
- grano de arena
- hacer una montaña de un grano de arena
- reloj de arena
- sembrar en arena
- tormenta de arena
- una de cal y otra de arena
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]arena
- inflection of arenar:
Further reading
[edit]- “arena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]arena c
Declension
[edit]Declension of arena | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | arena | arenan | arenor | arenorna |
Genitive | arenas | arenans | arenors | arenornas |
Anagrams
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- Rhymes:English/iːnə
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- en:Music
- en:Sports
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- Rhymes:Aragonese/ena
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- Asturian terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/ena
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- pl:Buildings
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- es:Geology
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- es:Boxing
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- es:Bullfighting
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