hectare
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See also: hectaré
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛk.tɛə/, /ˈhɛk.tɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhektaː/, /ˈhektɛː/
Noun
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, 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
- (SI unit): (rare) square hectometre
Translations
unit of surface area
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References
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- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2010 December 5 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 January 2011
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French hectare. Equivalent to hecto- + are.
Pronunciation
Noun
hectare f (plural hectaren or hectares, diminutive hectaretje n)
Synonyms
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Descendants
French
Pronunciation
Noun
hectare m (plural hectares)
Verb
hectare
- inflection of hectarer:
Further reading
- “hectare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hec‧ta‧re
Noun
hectare m (plural hectares)
- hectare (unit of surface area)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
hectare n