hectare
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hectare
- /ˈhɛk.tɛə/ UK
- /ˈhɛk.tɑː/ UK
- /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/ US
- /ˈhektaː/ Australia
- /ˈhektɛː/ Australia
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are, equivalent to hect- + are.
noun hectares · hektare
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A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
With careful planning almost anyone can turn the dream of owning a small farm or a few hectares of country land into a reality.
Similar: square hectometre
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: acre, area, meat, acres, has, dunam, arpent, morgen, stremma, acreage, rood, hide, section, virgate, rai, jerib
Translations
Talk about this word "hectare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hectare. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hectare. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hectare "hectare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hectare.Cite this
@misc{hectare_2026,
title = {hectare},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hectare},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
