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noun, feminine

avenue

/a.vny/

noun, feminine/a.vny/plural: avenues

avenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees); a radial avenue (an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees); avenue (principal walk or approach to a house or other building); avenue (means by which something may be accomplished)

From Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin advenīre (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veniō, venīre (“come”).

avenue — French Dictionary | Passage