avenue
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noun
- avenuebroad street, especially bordered with trees
- a radial avenuean avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees
- avenueprincipal walk or approach to a house or other building
- avenuemeans by which something may be accomplished
Used in the library
- Je sollicitai un cour congé d'absence, je sautai en selle, et quelques heures plus tard le galop de mon cheval résonnait dans l'avenue du château de Kergalec.I asked for a court leave of absence, I jumped in the saddle, and a few hours later the gallop of my horse resonated in the avenue of the castle of Kergalec.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Ces clefs lui furent remises à l’instant même; chacune d’elles portait un billet qui devait servir à la faire reconnaître, et à partir de ce moment le sieur de La Coste fut chargé de la garde de toutes les portes et de toutes les avenues.These keys were given to him at the very moment; each of them had a ticket which was to be used to make her recognize, and from that moment on the Sieur de La Coste was charged with guarding all the doors and all the avenues.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Alors le gouverneur circonvenu, paralysé par l'insurrection générale des hommes qui remplissaient tous les emplois, occupaient toutes les avenues, et dont les ramifications et l'influence s'étendaient jusqu'à Versailles, le gouverneur, dis-je, ainsi enveloppé devait céder nécessairement à l'orage.Then the circumvening governor, paralyzed by the general insurrection of the men who filled all the jobs, occupied all the avenues, and whose ramifications and influence extended as far as Versailles, the governor, I say, so wrapped must necessarily yield to the storm.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I