arpent
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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)
- A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
- A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.
Translations
a unit of area, having various official measures
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arpent m (plural arpents)
- arpent
- 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.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.
- 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
Further reading
- “arpent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.