Champs Élysées

[ shahn zey-lee-zey ]

/ ʃɑ̃ zeɪ liˈzeɪ /

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noun

a boulevard in Paris, France, noted for its cafés, shops, and theaters.

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How to use Champs Élysées in a sentence

I left the river-side, plunged blindly across to the Champs Elysées and turned toward the Arc.
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It was in one such club at the bottom end of the Champs Élysées, which was then under construction, that Baudelaire first saw her.
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A couple of years back, Jean-Yves Hepp was driving down the Champs-Élysées and dreaming of couscous.
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The real champs could set off for the Rockaways, under 20 miles away.
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The Château de Versailles opens the last ride to the Champs-Elysées.
Lance Armstrong’s Shadow Looms Large Over 100th Edition of Tour de France|Tracy McNicoll|October 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But having chosen the Champs aux Capuchins, it was idle to expect that one stretch of turf would prove firmer than another.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
But Tressan, without heeding him, was already ordering the sergeant to ride hard with his troopers for the Champs aux Capuchins.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Then Gaubert returned with a tale that you had been killed and that there was a disturbance in the Champs aux Capuchins.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
My father's hotel in the Champs Elysées is uninhabitable at the moment.
Dross|Henry Seton Merriman
All my riding up and down the Champs-Élysées was like to have been for naught.
The Rose of Old St. Louis|Mary Dillon

British Dictionary definitions for Champs Élysées

Champs-Elysées

/ (ʃɒnz eɪˈliːzeɪ, French ʃɑ̃z elize) /

noun

a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices

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Cultural definitions for Champs Élysées

Champs Élysées

[ (shahn zay-lee-zay) ]

A major avenue in Paris famous for the elegance of its cafés and shops. In French it means Elysian Fields.