hectare
See also: hectaré
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛk.tɛə/, /ˈhɛk.tɑː/[1][2]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhektaː/, /ˈhektɛː/
Noun
edithectare (plural hectares)
- A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
- 1997, “Buying a Rural Property”, in Back to Basics, Surry Hills, NSW: Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Limited, page 10:
- With careful planning almost anyone can turn the dream of owning a small farm or a few hectares of country land into a reality.
- 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly[3], volume 188, number 22, page 30:
- Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.
Synonyms
edit- (SI unit): (rare) square hectometre
Derived terms
editTranslations
editunit of surface area
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ [1]
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2010 December 5 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 January 2011
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French hectare. Equivalent to hecto- + are.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithectare f (plural hectaren or hectares, diminutive hectaretje n)
Synonyms
editSynonyms
editDescendants
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithectare m (plural hectares)
Descendants
edit- → Vietnamese: héc-ta
Verb
edithectare
- inflection of hectarer:
Further reading
edit- “hectare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: hec‧ta‧re
Noun
edithectare m (plural hectares)
- hectare (unit of surface area)
Romanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithectare n
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