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acre
English
Alternative forms
- aker (archaic)
- acer (-er form, chiefly UK)
Etymology
From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown”), from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros (“field”).
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 ????? (agrós, “field”), Sanskrit ???? (ájra, “field, plain”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??k?, IPA(key): /?e?.k?/
- (General American) enPR: ??k?r, IPA(key): /?e?.k?/
- Rhymes: -e?k?(?)
Noun
acre (plural acres)
- An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.
- (Chester, historical) An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
- Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
- (informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
- (informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.
- (obsolete) A field.
- (obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (?20 m) by 220 yds (?200 m).
- (obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
Synonyms
- (approximate): day's math, demath
- (Egyptian): feddan
- (Dutch): morgen
- (French): arpent, arpen, pose
- (India): cawney, cawny, bigha
- (Ireland): Irish acre, collop, plantation acre
- (Roman): juger, jugerum
- (Scottish): Scottish acre, Scots acre, Scotch acre, acair
- (Wales): Welsh acre, cover, cyfair, erw, stang
Hypernyms
- (100 carucates, notionally) See hundred
- (the area able to be plowed by 8 oxen in a year) See carucate
- (the area able to be plowed by two oxen in a year) See virgate
- (the area able to be plowed by an ox in a year) See oxgang
- (the area able to be plowed by an ox in half a season) See nook
- (the area able to be plowed by an ox in 1?4 a season) See fardel
- (10 acres, prob. spurious) acreme
Hyponyms
- (1?4 acre) See rood
- (1?160 acre) lug, perch, (now chiefly Scottish) fall
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Irish: acra
- Norwegian Bokmål: acre
Translations
References
- Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3
See also
- international acre
- north forty
- US survey acre
- Weights and measures
- Wikipedia article on the acre
- Hufe
References
Anagrams
- -care, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, Race, acer, care, e-car, race, race-
French
Etymology
Probably from Old Norse akr reenforced by Old English æcer (“a field, land, that which is sown, sown land, cultivated land; a definite quantity of land, land which a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, an acre, a certain quantity of land, strip of plough-land; crop”) .
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak?/
Noun
acre f (plural acres)
- (historical) acre
Further reading
- “acre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- âcre, care, créa, race
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ?cre, neuter nominative singular of ?cer (“sharp”). Doublet of agro.
Adjective
acre (plural acri)
- sharp, sour
- harsh
Related terms
Anagrams
- care, cera, c'era, crea, reca
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?a?.kre/, [?ä?k??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?a.kre/, [???k??]
Adjective
?cre
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of ?cer
References
- acre in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- acre in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
acre f (plural acres)
- (Jersey) acre
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English acre, from Middle English acre, aker (“field, acre”), from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown, acre”), from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r (“field, open land”), from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field, open land”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros (“field, pasturage”), possibly from *h?e?- (“to drive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?k?r/
- Rhymes: -?r
- Hyphenation: a?cre
- Homophone: eiker
Noun
acre m (definite singular acren, indefinite plural acre or acres, definite plural acrene)
- an acre (an English unit of land area (symbol: ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters)
References
- “acre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “acre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “acre” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
- race
Old Irish
Noun
acre n
- Alternative spelling of acrae
Mutation
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?a.k??/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?a.k?i/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /?a.k?e/
- Homophone: Acre
- Hyphenation: a?cre
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin ?cre, neuter nominative singular of ?cer (“sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *h??rós (“sharp”). Doublet of agre, agro, ágrio.
Alternative forms
- agre
Adjective
acre m or f (plural acres, comparable)
- sharp (unpleasantly acrid or tart in taste)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English acre, from Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer, from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *akraz (“field”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros (“field”). Doublet of agro.
Noun
acre m (plural acres)
- acre (unit of surface area)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.kre/
Adjective
acre
- feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of acru
Scots
Alternative forms
- aker, acker
Etymology
From Middle English aker, from Old English æcer (“field; acre”). Cognate with English acre; see there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ek?r], [?j?k?r]
- (South Scots) IPA(key): [?ak?r], [??k?r]
Noun
acre (plural acres)
- An acre (unit of measurement)
Usage notes
The plural is acre when following a numeral.
Verb
acre (third-person singular present acres, present participle acrin, past acrit, past participle acrit)
- To let grain crops be harvested at a stated sum per acre.
- To be employed in harvesting grain crops at a stated sum per acre.
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ak?e/, [?a.k?e]
Etymology 1
From Latin ?cer (genitive singular ?cris). Cf. also agrio.
Adjective
acre (plural acres)
- bitter; acrid; pungent
- caustic
Derived terms
- acremente
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English acre. Doublet of agro.
Noun
acre m (plural acres)
- acre
Anagrams
- arce, caer, cera, crea
Further reading
- “acre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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sacre
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sacren, sakeren, from Old French sacrer (“to hallow”), from Latin sacr? (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”).
Verb
sacre (third-person singular simple present sacres, present participle sacring, simple past and past participle sacred)
- (obsolete) To consecrate
- c.1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41,
- And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me.
- 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night,
- And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
- 1911, Aix-la-Chapelle, article in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica,
- From the coronation of Louis the Pious in 813 until that of Ferdinand I. in 1531 the sacring of the German kings took place at Aix, and as many as thirty-two emperors and kings were here crowned.
- c.1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41,
Etymology 2
Noun
sacre (plural sacres)
- Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”)
Anagrams
- CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, scare, serac, sérac
French
Etymology
From sacrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sak?/
Noun
sacre m (plural sacres)
- coronation
- (Quebec) swear word, curse
Verb
sacre
- inflection of sacrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “sacre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- âcres, caser, César, crase, créas, races, scare
Italian
Adjective
sacre
- feminine plural of sacro
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French sacree and sacre. Probably influenced by Old French sacré, past participle of Old French sacrer.
Alternative forms
- sacri, sakare
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?kre?/
Adjective
sacr?
- sacred
Noun
sacr? (plural sacres)
- A religious festival
- A consecration, especially the coronation of a monarch
Etymology 2
From Old French sacre, sagre.
Alternative forms
- sagre
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?kr?/, /?sa?k?r/
Noun
sacre (plural sacres)
- A saker falcon, especially a female
Derived terms
- sacrette
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sa.kre]
Adjective
sacre f pl or n pl
- nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of sacru
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