acre

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see also: Acre

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: āʹkə, IPA: /ˈeɪ.kə/
• (GA) enPR: āʹkər, IPA: /ˈeɪ.kɚ/

Noun

acre (plural acres)

1. 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.
2. Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
3. (informal, usually, in the plural) A wide expanse.

   I like my new house - there’s acres of space!

4. (informal, usually, in the plural) A large quantity.
5. (obsolete) A field.
6. (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).
7. (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

Related terms

Translations

• French: acre
• German: Morgen, Acker, Joch, Joch Landes, Juchart (Swiss)
• Portuguese: acre
• Russian: акр
• Spanish: acre

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Acre

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR āʹkə, IPA: /ˈeɪ.kə/, /ˈɑː.kə/

Proper noun

1. A port city in northern Israel, and the holiest city in the Baha'i Faith.

Translations

• French: Acre
• German: Akkon
• Italian: Acri
• Portuguese: Acre
• Russian: А́кко
• Spanish: Acre

Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: äʹkrə, IPA: /ˈɑː.kɹə/

Proper noun

1. A state of North Region, Brazil

Translations

• Portuguese: Acre

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪkə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

1. Surname

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