different between venue vs vendue

English

Etymology

From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of venir. Doublet of veny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?nju?/
• Rhymes: -?nju?

Noun

venue (plural venues)

1. A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
2. (law) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.

   • The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made.

3. (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
4. (sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.

Usage notes

In certain cases, the court 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.

Synonyms

See come, and confer venew, veney.

Hyponyms

• stadium
• arena

Related terms

• lay a venue
• bienvenue

Translations

Anagrams

• Neveu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.ny/

Noun

venue f (plural venues)

1. coming, arrival

   • [S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming 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.

   Synonym: arrivée

Verb

venue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of venir

Further reading

• “venue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• neuve, neveu

English

Etymology

From Dutch vendu, from Old French vendre, from Latin v?nd?re.

Noun

vendue (plural vendues)

1. A public auction.

Related terms

• vend
• vendor

French

Verb

vendue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of vendre

Anagrams

• devenu

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

vendue f (plural vendues)

1. (Jersey) auction