acre
/ˈeɪ.kə//ˈeɪ.kɚ/
acre noun: an English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
Noun
acre (plural acres or (UK colloquial) acre)
- An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
- Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
- An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
- Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
- A wide expanse.
- I like my new house—there’s acres of space!
- A large quantity.
- A field.
- The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
- A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Acre
Acre
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Acre
IPA/ˈɑːkɹi/
Acre
- A river in South America.
- A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio Branco.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Acre
IPA/ˈeɪkɚ/
Acre
- A surname.
acre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
acre in Hindi
- acre
- एकड़ ekaṛ
acre in Tamil
- சதுர கஜம் உள்ள நிலப்பரப்பு, இணையேர்
acre in Marathi
- एकर
acre in Urdu
- ایکَڑ, بیگھہ, کلہ
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- acre in Bengali
- ভূসম্পত্তি, খেত
- acre in Telugu
- ఎకరా ekarā, ఎకరము ekaramu
- acre in Malayalam
- ഏക്കർ ēkkaṟ
- acre in Kannada
- ಎಕರೆ, ಎಕರು, ಭೂಮಿಯ ಒಂದು ಅಳತೆ, ಒಂದು ಎಕರೆ
- acre in Punjabi
- ਏਕਡ਼
- acre in Gujarati
- એકર
- acre in Odia
- ଏକର, ଏକର୍
- acre in Assamese
- একৰ ekor
- acre in Nepali
- एकड, एकर, एकड़
- acre in Arabic
- آكِر ʔākir
- acre in Malay
- ekar
- acre in Indonesian
- ekar
- acre in Persian
- جریب jerib
- acre in Thai
- เอเคอร์ ee-kə̂ə
- acre in Vietnamese
- mẫu Anh, mẫu tây
- acre in Myanmar
- ဧက eka.
Examples of acre in a sentence
- There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:acres.
- The plantable area of the field was about two acres.
Synonyms of acre
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Forms of acre
| plural | acres |
|---|---|
| plural UK (colloquial) | acre |
| alternative form (obsolete) | acer |
| alternative form (obsolete) | aker |
Origin of acre
From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown”), from Proto-West Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”). Doublet of agriculture. Cognate with Scots acre, aker, acker (“acre, field, arable land”), North Frisian ecir (“field, a measure of land”), West Frisian eker (“field”), Dutch akker (“field”), German Acker (“field, acre”), Norwegian åker (“field”) and Swedish åker (“field”), Icelandic akur (“field”), Latin ager (“land, field, acre, countryside”), Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”), Sanskrit अज्र (ájra, “field, plain”).
Borrowed from French and Latin Acre, from Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko) or Ἄκη (Ákē), from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko), of unknown origin.
From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin.
Words formed from acre
- acreable
- acreage
- acre breadth
- acre brede
- acred
- acre-dale
- acre foot
- acre-foot
- acreful
- acre-inch
- acre-land
- acre lengh
- acre length
- acreless
- acreman
- acreme
- acre money
- acreocracy
- acre's breadth
- acre shot
- acre's length
- acre-staff
- all over hell's half acre
- black acre
- Blackacre
- broadacre
- broad acres
- Castle Acre
- church acre
- Cornish acre
- Cunningham acre
- English acre
- fool's acre
- foreacre
- Fouracre
- geld-acre
- God's acre
- green acre
- hectacre
- Irish acre
- Lehigh Acres
- long acre
- multiacre
- nanoacre
- plantation acre
- Scots acre
- Scottish acre
- South Acre
- starve-acre
- statute acre
- stave-acre
- tenantry acre
- Welsh acre
- West Acre
- white acre
- Whiteacre
- Woodacre
Phrases with acre
Questions about acre
- What does acre mean?
- Acre means an English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
- What is acre in Hindi?
- Acre in Hindi is एकड़ (ekaṛ). See Acre meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is acre?
- Acre can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce acre?
- Acre is pronounced /ˈeɪ.kə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of acre?
- The plural of acre is acres.
Words near acre in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acre (page history and authors); Acre (page history and authors); एकड़ (Hindi) (page history and authors); acre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acre (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acre (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acre (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഏക്കർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); acre (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acre (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acre (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acre (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); একৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); acre (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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