arena
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English

Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from EtruscanCategory:English terms derived from Etruscan#ARENA.
Pronunciation
Noun
arena (plural arenas or arenae or arenæ)Category:English lemmas#ARENACategory:English nouns#ARENACategory:English countable nouns#ARENACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#ARENACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#ARENA
- 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#ARENA
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#ARENA) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
- The gladiators entered the arena.Category:English terms with usage examples#ARENA
- A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
- The company was a player in the maritime insurance arena.Category:English terms with usage examples#ARENA
- 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , page 4:
- But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds, determining levels of anti-rabies vaccinations in village dogs, and examining ecological factors under the canopy of trees growing in agricultural areas.Category:English terms with quotations#ARENA
- December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 December 2021:
- To Musk, his vast fortune is a mere side effect of his ability not just to see but to do things others cannot, in arenas where the stakes are existential.Category:English terms with quotations#ARENA
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Canadian French: aréna
Translations
Anagrams
Category:en:Music#ARENACategory:en:Sports#ARENACategory:en:Buildings#ARENAAragonese
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾena/Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- Syllabification: a‧re‧na
- Rhymes: -enaCategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/ena#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/ena/3 syllables#ARENA
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)Category:Aragonese lemmas#ARENACategory:Aragonese nouns#ARENACategory:Aragonese countable nouns#ARENACategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Aragonese feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
References
- “arena”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾena/ [aˈɾe.na]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- Rhymes: -enaCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/ena#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Asturian/ena/3 syllables#ARENA
- Syllabification: a‧re‧na
Noun
arena f (uncountableCategory:Asturian uncountable nouns)Category:Asturian lemmas#ARENACategory:Asturian nouns#ARENACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Asturian feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Derived terms
Further reading
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “areña”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “arena”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#ARENACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əˈɾɛ.nə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈɾə.nə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈɾe.na]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#ARENAAudio (Catalonia): (file)
Noun
arena f (plural arenes)Category:Catalan lemmas#ARENACategory:Catalan nouns#ARENACategory:Catalan countable nouns#ARENACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Further reading
- “arena”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “arena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “arena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “arena”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Italian#ARENACategory:Dutch terms derived from Italian#ARENA arena, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːˈreː.naː/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#ARENAAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: are‧na
- Rhymes: -eːnaːCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/eːnaː#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Dutch/eːnaː/3 syllables#ARENA
Noun
arena m (plural arena's, diminutive arenaatje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#ARENACategory:Dutch nouns#ARENACategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#ARENACategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#ARENACategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Dutch masculine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- arena (enclosed area for the presentation of sporting or other spectacular events)
- arena (building housing such an area)
Usage notes
- Previously also found in the neuter gender
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: arena
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “arena”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
Arena (gebouw) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Galician
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna. Doublet of areaCategory:Galician doublets#ARENA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾena/ [aˈɾe.nɐ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- Rhymes: -enaCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ena#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Galician/ena/3 syllables#ARENA
- Hyphenation: a‧re‧na
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)Category:Galician lemmas#ARENACategory:Galician nouns#ARENACategory:Galician countable nouns#ARENACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Galician feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
Further reading
- “arena”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “arena”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Indonesian
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#ARENACategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#ARENA arena, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from EtruscanCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Etruscan#ARENA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈarɛna]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#ARENACategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- Hyphenation: arè‧na
Noun
arèna (plural arena-arena)Category:Indonesian lemmas#ARENACategory:Indonesian nouns#ARENACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- arena:
- 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
- Synonym: gelanggang
- (figurative) a realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
- 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
Further reading
- “arena”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
Etymology 1
Inherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#ARENACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna. Doublet of renaCategory:Italian doublets#ARENA.
Pronunciation
Noun
arena f (plural arene)Category:Italian lemmas#ARENACategory:Italian nouns#ARENACategory:Italian countable nouns#ARENACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Latin#ARENACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈre.na/, (traditional) /aˈrɛ.na/[2][3]Category:Italian 3-syllable words#ARENACategory:Italian 3-syllable words#ARENACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- Rhymes: -ena, (traditional) -ɛnaCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ena#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ena/3 syllables#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛna#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛna/3 syllables#ARENA
- Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na, (traditional) a‧rè‧na
Noun
arena f (plural arene)Category:Italian lemmas#ARENACategory:Italian nouns#ARENACategory:Italian countable nouns#ARENACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
References
- ↑ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ↑ arena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ↑ arena in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Further reading
- arena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from EtruscanCategory:Latin terms derived from Etruscan#ARENA.
Pronunciation
Noun
arēna f (genitive arēnae)Category:Latin lemmas#ARENACategory:Latin nouns#ARENACategory:Latin first declension nouns#ARENACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#ARENACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Latin feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA; first declension
- alternative form of harēna
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
- Insular Romance:
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: rene
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
Later borrowings (unsorted):
- → Albanian: arenë
- → Belarusian: арэна (arena)
- → Bulgarian: арена (arena)
- → Catalan: arena
- → Chinese: 阿雷納 / 阿雷纳 (ā léi nà, aa3 leoi4 naap6)
- → Czech: aréna
- → Dutch: arena
- → Indonesian: arena
- → English: arena
- → Canadian French: aréna
- → French: arène
- → Finnish: areena
- → German: Arena
- → Greek: αρένα (aréna)
- → Hungarian: aréna
- → Irish: airéine, airéana
- → Italian: arena (ety.2)
- → Japanese: アリーナ (arīna)
- → Korean: 아레나 (arena)
- → Macedonian: арена (arena)
- → Northern Sami: arena
- → Norwegian: arena
- → Occitan: arena
- → Persian: آرنا (ârenâ)
- → Polish: arena
- → Portuguese: arena
- → Russian: арена (arena)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: arena
- → Swedish: arena
- → Ukrainian: арена (arena)
Mirandese
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Mirandese terms inherited from Latin#ARENACategory:Mirandese terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾena/ [ɐˈɾe.nɐ]Category:Mirandese terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- Rhymes: -enaCategory:Rhymes:Mirandese/ena#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Mirandese/ena/3 syllables#ARENA
- Syllabification: a‧re‧na
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)Category:Mirandese lemmas#ARENACategory:Mirandese nouns#ARENACategory:Mirandese countable nouns#ARENACategory:Mirandese entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Mirandese feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- sand
Neapolitan
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Neapolitan terms inherited from Latin#ARENACategory:Neapolitan terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna.
Noun
arena fCategory:Neapolitan lemmas#ARENACategory:Neapolitan nouns#ARENACategory:Neapolitan entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Neapolitan feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Northern Sami entries#ARENA
Pronunciation
Noun
arenaCategory:Northern Sami lemmas#ARENACategory:Northern Sami nouns#ARENACategory:Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Northern Sami noun entries#ARENACategory:Requests for inflections in Northern Sami entries#ARENAFurther reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Latin#ARENACategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin#ARENA arena, harena.
Noun
arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ARENACategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ARENACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
References
- “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Latin#ARENACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#ARENA arena, harena.
Pronunciation
Noun
arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ARENACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ARENACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
References
- “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Latin#ARENACategory:Polish learned borrowings from Latin#ARENACategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna, from an earlier *hasēna, possibly from EtruscanCategory:Polish terms derived from Etruscan#ARENA. Doublet of arenalCategory:Polish doublets#ARENA.
Pronunciation
Noun
arena fCategory:Polish lemmas#ARENACategory:Polish nouns#ARENACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Polish feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- arena (enclosed area, often outdoor)
- arena (sports stadium)
- Synonym: stadion
- (historicalCategory:Polish terms with historical senses#ARENA) arena (sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre)
- arena (realm in which important events unfold)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “arena”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “arena”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#ARENACategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#ARENACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna (“sand”), possibly from EtruscanCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Etruscan#ARENA *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). Doublet of areiaCategory:Portuguese doublets#ARENA.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧re‧na
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ARENACategory:Portuguese nouns#ARENACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#ARENACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Related terms
Further reading
- “arena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “arena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Sardinian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Sardinian terms derived from Latin#ARENA arena.
Noun
arena fCategory:Sardinian lemmas#ARENACategory:Sardinian nouns#ARENACategory:Sardinian entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Sardinian feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Scots
Verb
arenaCategory:Scots lemmas#ARENACategory:Scots verbs#ARENACategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
References
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arěːna/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
- Hyphenation: a‧re‧na
Noun
aréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#ARENACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#ARENACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾena/ [aˈɾe.na]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ARENACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ARENA
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ARENAAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -enaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ena#ARENACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ena/3 syllables#ARENA
- Syllabification: a‧re‧na
Etymology 1
Inherited from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#ARENACategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ARENA arēna, possibly of EtruscanCategory:Spanish terms derived from Etruscan#ARENA origin. Compare English arena.
Noun
arena f (plural arenas)Category:Spanish lemmas#ARENACategory:Spanish nouns#ARENACategory:Spanish countable nouns#ARENACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- (geologyCategory:es:Geology#ARENA) sand, gravel
- arena muerta ― pure sand (useless for cultivation)Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#ARENA
- arenas movedizas ― quicksandCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#ARENA
- chorro de arena ― sandblastCategory:Spanish terms with usage examples#ARENA
- (building, sportsCategory:es:Sports#ARENA) bullfight arena; boxing ring
Derived terms
- arena cinética
- arena de combate (“battle arena, fighting pit”)
- arena de miga
- arena de mina
- arena de moldeo
- arenal
- arenar
- arenas movedizas
- arenero
- arenilla
- arenisca
- banco de arena
- baño de arena
- dólar de arena
- edificar sobre arena
- enarenar
- granito de arena
- grano de arena
- hacer una montaña de un grano de arena
- reloj de arena
- sembrar en arena
- tormenta de arena
- una de cal y otra de arena
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
arenaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#ARENACategory:Spanish verb forms#ARENACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
- inflection of arenar:
Further reading
- “arena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
Noun
arena cCategory:Swedish lemmas#ARENACategory:Swedish nouns#ARENACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ARENACategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ARENACategory:Pages with entries#ARENACategory:Pages with 21 entries#ARENA
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | arena | arenas |
| definite | arenan | arenans | |
| plural | indefinite | arenor | arenors |
| definite | arenorna | arenornas |
