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arena
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ar?na (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *has?na (compare Sabine fas?na), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???i?n?/
- Rhymes: -i?n?
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).
- 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.
- (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
- A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
Translations
Anagrams
- Aaren, Arean, Arnea, anear
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin ar?na.
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 ar?na.
Noun
arena f (plural arenes)
- sand
Derived terms
- reló d'arena
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ar?na.
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.
- “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 ar?na. 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.
Italian
Alternative forms
- rena
Etymology
From Latin ar?na, possibly from Etruscan. See also rena.
Pronunciation
- (esp. in sense 1 and 2) IPA(key): /a?re.na/
- Hyphenation: a?ré?na
- (esp. in sense 3 and 4) IPA(key): /a?r?.na/
- Hyphenation: a?rè?na
Noun
arena f (plural arene)
- sand
- Synonyms: sabbia, rena
- beach or lido
- space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
- bullring and similar sporting spaces
- cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)
Related terms
- arenoso
References
Latin
Alternative forms
- har?na
Etymology
From an earlier *has?na (compare Sabine fas?na), possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a?re?.na/, [ä??e?nä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a?re.na/, [?????n?]
Noun
ar?na f (genitive ar?nae); first declension
- Alternative form of har?na
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: arinã
- Romanian: arin?
- Italian: arena
- Neapolitan: arena
- Old French: areine
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: arena
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: arena
- Occitan: arena
- Old Portuguese: ar?a
- Galician: area
- Portuguese: areia
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: reia
- Kabuverdianu: areia
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: arena
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: rene
- Sardinian: arena, rena
- Sicilian: arena, rina
- Venetian: rena
Borrowings
Noun
ar?na f
- vocative singular of ar?na
Noun
ar?n? f
- ablative singular of ar?na
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 ar?na.
Noun
arena f
- sand
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
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?[1], 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): /??re?n?/
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
From Latin ar?na, from an earlier *has?na, possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?r?.na/
Noun
arena f
- arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
- (historical) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
- arena (realm in which important events unfold)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) arenowy
Further reading
- arena in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- arena in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ar?na (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *???????????????????????? (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?.??e.n?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.??e.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): /ar??na/
- Hyphenation: a?re?na
Noun
aréna f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- arena
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ar?na, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??ena/, [a??e.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)
- (geology) sand, gravel
- (building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring
Derived terms
Related terms
- arenoso
Further reading
- “arena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
arena c
- arena
Declension
Anagrams
- arean
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rink
English
Pronunciation
- (Canada, US, UK) IPA(key): /???k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *re?- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.
Noun
rink (plural rinks)
- (Britain dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.
Etymology 2
From Middle English rink, rynk, variation of ring (“ring”); compare Low German rink (“ring, circle”), Middle High German rinc (“a ring, circle”). Doublet of ring.
Noun
rink (plural rinks)
- (Britain dialectal) A ring; a circle.
- A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.
- We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.
- A surface for roller skating.
- A building housing an ice rink.
- (curling) A team in a competition.
- The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.
Descendants
- Portuguese: rinque
Translations
Anagrams
- Kirn
Manx
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
rink (verbal noun rinkey)
- to dance
Synonyms
- daunse
Derived terms
- rinkagh
Related terms
- daunsagh
- daunsin
- rinkey
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *rinkan?.
Noun
rink (preterite rinkä)
- (ergative) shake, rock
Related terms
- reka
- rega
- riikk
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