Avenue : nf (word coming from past participle substantived from the old verb avenir « arrive ").
The word “avenue” has several meanings:
1. way planted bytrees , here conduit to one dwelling (alley, region: drève).
– Quote from the French writer, novelist, playwright, novelist, diarist and letter writer Roger Martin du Gard (1881-1958): “The broad avenue, with double aisles, which bordered the solemn perspective of the castle”.
More running : Large voie urban (boulevard, course).
Opera Avenue.
Phrase: The most belle avenue du monde : I'Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.
2. Figurative and literary meaning: way byaccès.
The avenues of pouvoir (aisle).
– Quote from the French writer and painter Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876): “His visits opened to me the discreet avenues of his friendship”.