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?) Short for Avenue des Champs-Élysées, a major boulevard in Paris, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe