From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come).

• IPA: /ˈvɛnjuː/

venue (plural venues)

1. A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
2. (legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC ↗:

     The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made.

3. (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn.

   Synonyms: venew

4. (sports) A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
5. (by extension) The place where something happens.

   The metalworking forum is not the appropriate venue for this discussion about politics.

See come, and confer venew, veney.

• lay a venue
• bienvenue

• French: lieu, salle
• German: Schauplatz, Örtlichkeit, Stätte, Austragungsort (sports event), Aufführungsort, Aufführungsstätte
• Italian: scena, luogo, auditorium
• Portuguese: sala de eventos, salão de eventos, local
• Russian: место встречи
• Spanish: sala, lugar

• Italian: luogo, territorio, giurisdizione
• Spanish: escena

• German: Austragungsort
• Italian: arena, stadio
• Spanish: cancha