FromMiddle Englishvenu, fromOld Frenchvenue, the feminine singular past participle of the verbvenir (to come).Doublet ofveny.
venue (pluralvenues)
- Atheater,auditorium,arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
- (law) A neighborhood or nearplace; the place orcounty in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.
- (obsolete) About; ahit; aturn.
- Synonym:venew
- (sports) Astadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, inTelegraph[1]:With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being thevenue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
- (by extension) The place where something happens.
The metalworking forum is not the appropriatevenue for this discussion about politics.
In certain cases, thecourt has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.
Seecome, and confervenew,veney.
place, especially the one where a given event is to happen
- Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
- Catalan:local (ca) m,seu (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:地點 /地点 (zh)(dìdiǎn),場地 /场地 (zh)(chǎngdì),場所 /场所 (zh)(chǎngsuǒ)
- Danish:skueplads c
- Finnish:tapahtumapaikka
- French:lieu (fr) m,salle (fr) f
- German:Schauplatz (de) m,Örtlichkeit (de) f,Stätte (de) f,Austragungsort (de) m(sports event),Aufführungsort m,Aufführungsstätte f
- Italian:scena (it) f,luogo (it),auditorium (it)
- Macedonian:собиралиште n(sobiralište),место n(mesto),одржувалиште n(održuvalište)
- Māori:tūnga,taunga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:skueplass m,arrangementssted n
- Portuguese:saladeeventos f,salãodeeventos m,local (pt) m
- Romanian:locație (ro)
- Russian:ме́сто встре́чи n(mésto vstréči),ме́сто сбо́ра n(mésto sbóra)
- Spanish:sala (es) f,lugar (es) m,instalación (es) f,local (es) m,anfitrión (es) m(host country),locus (es) m,paraje (es) m,recinto (es) m,complejo (es) m,establecimiento (es) m,sede (es) f
- Swedish:plats (sv) c
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legal: place in which anything is alleged to have happened
venue f (pluralvenues)
- coming,arrival
- Synonym:arrivée
1837, Louis Viardot,L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation ofEl ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:[À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés de mille couleurs avaient-ils salué des harpes de leurs langues, dans une douce et mielleuse harmonie, lavenue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier don Quichotte de la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel.- [S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, thecoming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel.
venue f sg
- femininesingular ofvenu
