Champs-Élysées

French

Etymology

Calque of Latin Campī Ēlysiī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze/
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Proper noun

Champs-Élysées m pl (plural only)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) the Elysian Fields, home of the blessed in the afterlife
  2. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) ellipsis of Avenue des Champs-Élysées, a major boulevard in Paris, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe
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