Plural of avenue
regular plural
The plural of avenue is avenues.
Forms of avenue
| Singular | avenue /ˈæv.əˌnjuː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | avenues |
| Countable | countable |
Avenues in a sentence
- Boulevards typically (but not exclusively) go east to west; avenues usually run north to south.2011, Time Out Los Angeles, →ISBN, page 78
- The City of New York implemented a unified street grid in Queens: Numbered avenues run east–west; numbered streets run north–south.2014, Adrienne Onofri, Walking Queens, →ISBN
- Penylan is known for its Edwardian period houses and tree-lined avenues.From the entry Penylan
- Gaillard had tried to show that the avenues had a solstitial orientation.2000, Peter Lancaster Brown, Megaliths, Myths and Men: An Introduction to Astro-Archaeology, page 214. From the entry solstitial
- Encroachment into potential flood avenues resulted in jumpouts, flooding, and extensive siltation.1995, John E. Costa, Natural and Anthropogenic Influences in Fluvial Geomorphology: The Wolman volume, page 210. From the entry jumpout
Meaning of avenue
- noun A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
- noun A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
- noun The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
Questions about the plural of avenue
- What is the plural of avenue?
- The plural of avenue is avenues.
- Is avenue countable?
- Avenue is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: avenue (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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