hectare
See also: hectaré
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- hektare (dated)
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
hectare (plural hectares)
- A unit of surface area (symbol ha) 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
Translations edit
unit of surface area
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References edit
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- ^ “Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work)[2], accessed 5 December 2010, archived from the original on 2011-01-01
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French hectare. Equivalent to hecto- + are.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hectare f (plural hectaren or hectares, diminutive hectaretje n)
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Descendants edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hectare m (plural hectares)
Verb edit
hectare
- inflection of hectarer:
Further reading edit
- “hectare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hec‧ta‧re
Noun edit
hectare m (plural hectares)
- hectare (unit of surface area)
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hectare n