arena

Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹiːnə/
• Rhymes: -iːnə

arena (plural arenas or arenae or arenæ)

1. 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).

   A large crowd filled the seats of the arena.

2. 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.

   The arena is grey with white beams.

3. (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.

   The gladiators entered the arena.

4. A realm in which important events unfold.

   The company was a player in the maritime insurance arena.

• Aaren, Arean, Arnea, anear

From Latin arēna.

arena f (plural arenas)

1. sand

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

• areña

From Latin arēna.

arena f (plural arenes)

1. sand

• reló d'arena

From Latin arēna.

arena f (plural arenes)

1. sand

   Synonym: sorra

2. arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
3. arena (a realm in which important events unfold)

• “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.

From Latin arēna. Doublet of area.

arena f (plural arenas)

1. arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)

• “arena” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• rena

From Latin arēna, possibly from Etruscan. See also rena.

• (esp. in sense 1 and 2) IPA^(key): /aˈre.na/[1]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na
• (esp. in sense 3 and 4) IPA^(key): /aˈrɛ.na/[2]
  • Hyphenation: a‧rè‧na

arena f (plural arene)

1. sand
2. beach or lido
3. space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
4. bullring and similar sporting spaces
5. cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)

• (sand): sabbia, rena

• arenoso

• harēna

From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈreː.na/

arēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of harēna
2. vocative singular of arēna

arēnā f

1. ablative singular of arēna

First declension.

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: arinã
  • Romanian: arină
• Italian: arena
• Neapolitan: arena
• Old French: areine
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: arena
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: arena
  • Occitan: arena
• Old Portuguese: arẽa
  • 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

• 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

From Latin arēna.

arena f

1. sand

arena

1. arena

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Entry 82695 in Álgu database

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)

1. an arena
2. a venue

• “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)

1. an arena
2. a venue

• “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈɾe.nɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈɾe.na/

arena f (plural arenas)

1. arena

Borrowed from Spanish arena, from Latin arena.

arena f

1. sand

arena

1. aren't

• IPA^(key): /arěːna/
• Hyphenation: a‧re‧na

aréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)

1. arena

From Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾena/
• Rhymes: -ena

arena f (plural arenas)

1. (geology) sand, gravel

   arena muerta — pure sand (useless for cultivation)

   arena movediza — quicksand

   chorro de arena — sandblast

2. (building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring

• arenal
• arenoso

• “arena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

arena c

1. arena