"arpent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arpents [plural]
Etymology: From French arpent, from Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”) (see Proto-Celtic *Kʷennowindos). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|arpent}} French arpent, {{der|en|la-lat|arepennis||surface of a field}} Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), {{der|en|cel-gau|*are-penno-||end, extremity of a field}} Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”), {{cog|cel-pro|*Kʷennowindos}} Proto-Celtic *Kʷennowindos Head templates: {{en-noun}} arpent (plural arpents)
  1. A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures (from 58 to 72 metres).
    Sense id: en-arpent-en-noun-TUlm3h6G
  2. A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures (from 3419 to 5107 square metres).
    Sense id: en-arpent-en-noun-0B3a57iH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a unit of area, having various official measures): arpento [masculine] (Italian), arpente [masculine] (Portuguese), арпан (arpan) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'a unit of area, having various official measures': 45 55

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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