"acre" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /akʁ/ Audio: Fr-acre.ogg , en-us-acre.ogg [US] Forms: acres [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|non|akr}} Old Norse akr, {{der|fr|ang|æcer|t=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}} 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”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} acre f (plural acres)
  1. (historical) acre Tags: feminine, historical Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-acre-fr-noun-lofzemSO Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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