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Yes. The word arena is a Scrabble US word. The word arena is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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You can make 29 words from 'arena' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


5 letters words from 'arena'

ANEAR 5ARENA 5

4 letters words from 'arena'

AREA 4ARNA 4
EARN 4NARE 4
NEAR 4RANA 4
REAN 4 

3 letters words from 'arena'

ANA 3ANE 3
ARE 3EAN 3
EAR 3ERA 3
ERN 3NAE 3
RAN 3REN 3

2 letters words from 'arena'

AA 2AE 2
AN 2AR 2
EA 2EN 2
ER 2NA 2
NE 2RE 2

All 5 letters words made out of arena

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word arena. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in arena.

Definitions and meaning of arena

arena

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand, arena”), from an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɹiːnə/
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

Noun

arena (plural arenas or arenae or arenæ)

  1. 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).
  2. 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.
  3. (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
  4. A realm in which important events unfold.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Aaren, Arean, Arnea, anear

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin arēna.

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

  1. sand

References

  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • areña

Etymology

From Latin arēna.

Noun

arena f (plural arenes)

  1. sand

Derived terms

  • reló d'arena

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin arēna.

Noun

arena f (plural arenes)

  1. sand
    Synonym: sorra
  2. arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)
  3. arena (a realm in which important events unfold)

Further reading

  • “arena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “arena” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “arena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “arena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin arēna. Doublet of area.

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

  1. arena (an enclosed area for the presentation of sporting events)

Further reading

  • “arena” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Alternative forms

  • rena

Etymology

From Latin arēna, possibly from Etruscan. See also rena.

Pronunciation

  • (esp. in sense 1 and 2) IPA(key): /aˈre.na/
    • Hyphenation: a‧ré‧na
  • (esp. in sense 3 and 4) IPA(key): /aˈrɛ.na/
    • Hyphenation: a‧rè‧na

Noun

arena f (plural arene)

  1. sand
  2. beach or lido
  3. space in a classical amphitheatre; arena
  4. bullring and similar sporting spaces
  5. cockpit (An enclosure for cockfights)

Synonyms

  • (sand): sabbia, rena

Related terms

  • arenoso

References

Latin

Alternative forms

  • harēna

Etymology

From an earlier *hasēna (compare Sabine fasēna), possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈreː.na/
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈre.na/, [aˈrɛː.na]

Noun

arēna f (genitive arēnae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of harēna
  2. vocative singular of arēna

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance:
    • Aromanian: arinã
    • Romanian: arină
  • Italian: arena
  • Neapolitan: arena
  • Old French: areine
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: arena
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: arena
    • Occitan: arena
  • Old Portuguese: arẽa
    • Galician: area
    • Portuguese: areia
      • Guinea-Bissau Creole: reia
      • Kabuverdianu: areia
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: arena
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: rene
  • Sardinian: arena, rena
  • Sicilian: arena, rina
  • Venetian: rena

Borrowings

Noun

arēnā f

  1. ablative singular of arēna

References

  • arena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin arēna.

Noun

arena f

  1. sand

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology

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Noun

arena

  1. arena

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena.

Noun

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer, definite plural arenaene)

  1. an arena
  2. a venue

References

  • “arena” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arena, harena

Noun

arena m (definite singular arenaen, indefinite plural arenaer or arenaar, definite plural arenaene or arenaane)

  1. an arena
  2. a venue

References

  • “arena” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). See also the inherited doublet areia.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈɾe.nɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈɾe.na/

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

  1. arena

Sardinian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arena, from Latin arena.

Noun

arena f

  1. sand

Scots

Verb

arena

  1. aren't

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arěːna/
  • Hyphenation: a‧re‧na

Noun

aréna f (Cyrillic spelling аре́на)

  1. arena

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin arēna, possibly of Etruscan origin. Compare English arena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾena/
  • Rhymes: -ena

Noun

arena f (plural arenas)

  1. (geology) sand, gravel
  2. (building, sports) bullfight arena; boxing ring

Derived terms

Related terms

  • arenoso

Further reading

  • “arena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

arena c

  1. arena

Declension

Anagrams

  • arean

Source: wiktionary.org
  • any sphere of action.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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