arena
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹiːnə/
Audio (UK) (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, 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:
- 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
- arena football
- arena ice
- arena rock
Translations
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Anagrams
- Aaren, Arean, Arnea, anear
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin arēna.
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)
- sand
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Alternative forms
- areña
Etymology
From Latin arēna.
Noun
arena f (plural arenes)
- sand
Derived terms
- reló d'arena
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin arēna.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
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
- “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.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin arēna. Doublet of area.
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)
- arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
Further reading
- “arena” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch arena, from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈarɛna]
- Hyphenation: arè‧na
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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin arēna. Doublet of rena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈre.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na
Noun
arena f (plural arene)
- sand
- Synonyms: sabbia, rena
- beach or lido
Related terms
- arenoso
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin arēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈre.na/, (traditional) /aˈrɛ.na/[2][3]
- Rhymes: -ena, (traditional) -ɛna
- Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na, (traditional) a‧rè‧na
Noun
arena f (plural arene)
- space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
- bullring and similar sporting spaces
- cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)
References
- 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
- arena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Alternative forms
- harēna
Etymology
From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈreː.na/, [äˈreːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈre.na/, [äˈrɛːnä]
Noun
arēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension
- Alternative form of harēna
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | arēna | arēnae |
Genitive | arēnae | arēnārum |
Dative | arēnae | arēnīs |
Accusative | arēnam | arēnās |
Ablative | arēnā | arēnīs |
Vocative | arēna | arēnae |
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: arinã
- Romanian: arină
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: rena, arena
- → Sicilian: arena
- Neapolitan: arena
- Sicilian: rina
- Italian: rena, arena
- North Italian:
- Friulian: rene
- Venetian: rena
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: areine, araine
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: arena
- Occitan: arena
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: arena
- Old Portuguese: arẽa
- Galician: area
- Portuguese: areia (see there for further descendants)
- Spanish: arena
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: arena, rena
- Ancient borrowings:
- → Albanian: rânë, rërë
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
- → Romanian: arenă
- → Turkish: arena
- → 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:
- Cyrillic: арена
- Latin: arena
- → Swedish: arena
- → Ukrainian: арена (arena)
References
- “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
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin arēna.
Noun
arena f
- sand
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
arena
- arena
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.
Noun
arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)
- an arena
- a venue
References
- “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈreːnɑ/
Noun
arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)
- an arena
- a venue
References
- “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arēna, from an earlier *hasēna, possibly from Etruscan. Doublet of arenal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈrɛ.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛna
- Syllabification: a‧re‧na
Noun
arena f
- arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
- arena (sports statium)
- Synonym: stadion
- (historical) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
- arena (realm in which important events unfold)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | arena | areny |
genitive | areny | aren |
dative | arenie | arenom |
accusative | arenę | areny |
instrumental | areną | arenami |
locative | arenie | arenach |
vocative | areno | areny |
Derived terms
- arenowy
Related terms
- arenitowy
- arenit
Further reading
- arena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- arena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɾẽ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɾe.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɾe.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: a‧re‧na
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)
- arena
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin arena.
Noun
arena f
- sand
Scots
Verb
arena
- aren't
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arěːna/
- Hyphenation: a‧re‧na
Noun
aréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)
- arena
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | arena | arene |
genitive | arene | arena |
dative | areni | arenama |
accusative | arenu | arene |
vocative | areno | arene |
locative | areni | arenama |
instrumental | arenom | arenama |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾena/ [aˈɾe.na]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: a‧re‧na
Noun
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
- arena cinética
- 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
- hacer una montaña de un grano de arena
- reloj de arena
- una de cal y otra de arena
Related terms
- arenoso
Verb
arena
- inflection of arenar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “arena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
arena c
- arena
Declension
Declension of arena | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | arena | arenan | arenor | arenorna |
Genitive | arenas | arenans | arenors | arenornas |
Anagrams
- arean