"acre" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæɪ.kər/ Audio: nb-acre.ogg Forms: acren [definite, singular], acre [indefinite, plural], acres [indefinite, plural], acrene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -ər Etymology: Borrowed from English acre. Doublet of åker. Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{dercat|nb|enm|ang|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{bor|nb|en|acre}} English acre, {{doublet|nb|åker}} Doublet of åker Head templates: {{nb-noun|m|acren|acre|acrene|ip2=acres}} acre m (definite singular acren, indefinite plural acre or acres, definite plural acrene)
  1. 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) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-acre-nb-noun-l6ETF7wH Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for acre meaning in Norwegian Bokmål (3.1kB)

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          "text": "han havde kjøbt de 125,000 acres land af et kompani eller rettere en bande af svindlere",
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          "english": "small miserable farm, forty acres",
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        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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        "Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio links",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with homophones",
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        "Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ər",
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          "text": "han havde kjøbt de 125,000 acres land af et kompani eller rettere en bande af svindlere",
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          "english": "small miserable farm, forty acres",
          "ref": "1936, Knut Hamsun, Ringen sluttet I, page 85",
          "text": "liten elendig farm, firti acres",
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          "english": "[the glass house] covered an area of 26 acres, which was to be over a hundred Norwegian acres",
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