arpent

English

Etymology

From French arpent, from Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”) (see Proto-Celtic *Kʷennowindos).

Noun

arpent (plural arpents)

1. A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
2. A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.

Translations

a unit of area, having various official measures

• Italian: arpento m
• Portuguese: arpente m
• Russian: арпан m (arpan)

Anagrams

• -pteran, Panter, Parten, enrapt, entrap, panter, parent, trepan

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.pɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃
• Homophone: arpents

Noun

arpent m (plural arpents)

1. arpent
   • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Sa curiosité et son extravagance arrivèrent à ce point qu’il vendit plusieurs arpents de bonnes terres à labourer pour acheter des livres de chevalerie à lire.

     His curiosity and his extravagance came to the point that he sold several arpents of good working land to buy books of chivalry to read.

Further reading

• “arpent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• parent, râpent