"Acre" meaning in English

See Acre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈeɪ.kɚ/, /ˈɑː.kɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Acre1.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: āʹkər, ä′kər Rhymes: -eɪkɚ Etymology: Borrowed from French and Latin Acre, from Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko) or Ἄκη (Ákē), from Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko), of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{wp|+, Israel}}, {{bor|en|fr|-}} French, {{bor|en|la|Acre}} Latin Acre, {{der|en|grc|Ἄκο}} Ancient Greek Ἄκο (Áko), {{der|en|he|עכו|tr=ʿAkko}} Hebrew עכו (ʿAkko) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Acre
  1. A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith. Wikidata QID: Q126084 Categories (place): Cities in Israel, Places in Israel Synonyms (historical names): Antioch Translations (city): Ἄκο (Áko) (Ancient Greek), Ἄκη (Ákē) (Ancient Greek), Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaḯs) (Ancient Greek), عَكَّا (ʕakkā) (Arabic), Աքքա (Akʻkʻa) (Armenian), 阿科 (Ākē) (Chinese Mandarin), Akko [neuter] (Dutch), Acre [masculine] (French), Akkon [neuter] (German), ʻAko (Hawaiian), עַכּוֹ ('áko) (Hebrew), Acri [feminine] (Italian), Acre (Latin), Ptolemāis (Latin), Aka (Māori), عكا (alt: Akkâ⁩) (Ottoman Turkish), عکا ('Akkâ) (Persian), عکه ('Akke) (Persian), 𐤏𐤊 (ʿk) [feminine] (Phoenician), Akka [feminine] (Polish), Acre [feminine] (Portuguese), А́кко (Ákko) (Russian), А́кка (Ákka) (Russian), А́кра (Ákra) (Russian), Acre [masculine] (Spanish), Akka (Turkish), عکا ('akkā) (Urdu), عکہ ('akka) (Urdu)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɑːkɹi/, /ˈɑːkɹeɪ/
enPR: äʹkrē, ä′krā Rhymes: -ɑːkɹɚ Etymology: From Portuguese Acre, of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (state)}}, {{bor|en|pt|Acre}} Portuguese Acre Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Acre
  1. A river in South America. Wikidata QID: Q73584 Categories (place): Rivers in South America
    Sense id: en-Acre-en-name-en:Q73584
  2. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio Branco. Wikidata QID: Q40780 Categories (place): Places in Brazil, States of Brazil Translations (state in north-western Brazil): أَكْرِي (ʔakrī) (Arabic), Ակրի (Akri) (Armenian), 阿克里州 (Ākèlǐ Zhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), Acre (French), აკრი (aḳri) (Georgian), Άκρε (Ákre) (Greek), アクレ (Akure) (Japanese), 아크리 (akeuri) (Korean), Acre [masculine] (Portuguese), А́кри (Ákri) (Russian), Acre (Spanish), А́крі (Ákri) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Acre-en-name-en:Q40780 Categories (other): Acre, Brazil, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with etymon, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 14 68 11 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 6 13 71 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 1 93 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 3 25 8 3 12 3 12 7 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 1 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 12 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 1 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 1 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'state in north-western Brazil': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /ˈeɪkɚ/
Rhymes: -eɪkɚ Etymology: Probably a variant of Acker or Acree/Ackary, though also possibly Americanization of Norwegian Aakre or Low German Egger. Etymology templates: {{ncog|no|Aakre}} Norwegian Aakre, {{ncog|nds|Egger}} Low German Egger Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Acre
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Acre-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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      "enpr": "āʹkər"
    },
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      "enpr": "ä′kər"
    },
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          "roman": "ʔakrī",
          "sense": "state in north-western Brazil",
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          "sense": "state in north-western Brazil",
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          "sense": "state in north-western Brazil",
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      "enpr": "ä′krā"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːkɹi/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːkɹeɪ/"
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      "word": "阿克里州"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.