area

EtymologyEdit

From Latin area.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛə̯ɹɪə̯/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.i.ə/, /ˈɛɹ.i.ə/

• Audio (US)

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NounEdit

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area (plural areas or areæ)

1. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
2. A particular geographic region.
3. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

   The photo is a little dark in that area.

4. Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.
   • 2013 September-October, Rob Dorit, “Making Life from Scratch”, American Scientist: 

     Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.

   The plans are a bit vague in that area.

5. (UK) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)

6. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
   • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, BBC:

     Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.

7. (slang) Genitals.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

• areal

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

• Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres
• Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectares

AnagramsEdit

• æra

NounEdit

area (plural areas)

1. area

Derived termsEdit

• leerarea

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēnā (“sand”).

NounEdit

area f (plural areas)

1. sand (grain)
2. sand (collectively)

SynonymsEdit

• (sand collectively): xabre

See alsoEdit

• área

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin ārea. Cognate to Italian aia (which is not borrowed but inherited).

NounEdit

area f (plural aree)

1. area, surface
2. land, ground
3. field, sector

AnagramsEdit

• aera

EtymologyEdit

Of uncertain origin. According to a hypothesis, it is related to āreō (“I become dry”), on notion of a dry, bare space.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.re.a/, [ˈaː.rɛ.a]

NounEdit

ārea f (genitive āreae); first declension

1. open space
2. a threshing floor
3. vocative singular of ārea

āreā f

1. ablative singular of ārea

InflectionEdit

First declension.

DescendantsEdit

NounEdit

area

1. area

NounEdit

area c

1. (geometry) area; a measure of squared distance.

DeclensionEdit