arena
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "arena"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹiːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
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
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)
References
- “arena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
arena f (uncountable)
Derived terms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
arena f (plural arenes)
Further reading
- “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.
Etymology
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)
- arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
Further reading
- “arena”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Etymology
From Dutch arena, from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- “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.
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