area

See also área, and àrea

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /æriə/, /eriə/

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Etymology

From Latin area.

Noun

Wikipedia area (plural areas or areæ)

1. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a planar region, or of the surface of a solid; it is measured in square units
2. A particular geographic region.
3. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent

   The photo is a little dark in that area.

4. Figuratively, any extent, scope or range of an object or concept.

   The plans are a bit vague in that area.

   My guts are a bit sore in that area.

5. (UK) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement
6. (soccer) penalty box; penalty area
   • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, BBC:

     Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.

Derived terms

• area code
• gray area, grey area

Translations

measure of planar extent

Basque: sail (eu) Bulgarian: площ (bg) (plošt), пространство (bg), повърхнина (bg) Catalan: àrea (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 面積 (zh), 面积 (zh) (miànjī) Czech: plocha (cs) f. Dutch: oppervlakte (nl) Esperanto: areo (eo) Estonian: pindala (et) French: aire (fr) f. German: Oberfläche (de) f.

Hungarian: terület (hu) Japanese: 面積 (ja) (めんせき, menseki) Luxembourgish: Fläch (lb) Romanian: arie (ro) f., arii (ro) f. pl. Russian: площадь (ru) (plóščad') f. Scots: aurie Scottish Gaelic: farsaingeachd (gd) f. Slovak: plocha (sk) Slovene: površina (sl) f. Swedish: area (sv) c.

particular geographic region

Bulgarian: област (bg), район (bg) Catalan: àrea (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 地區 (zh), 地区 (zh) (dìqū), 領域 (zh), 领域 (zh) (lǐngyù) Czech: oblast (cs) f. Dutch: regio (nl), streek (nl), gebied (nl) French: aire (fr) f. German: Gebiet (de) n. Hindi: क्षेत्र (hi) (kṣetra) m. Hungarian: terület (hu)

Japanese: 領域 (ja) (りょういき, ryōiki) Khmer: តំបន់ (km) (tɑmbɑn) Romanian: suprafață (ro) f., areal (ro) n., zonă (ro) f., arie (ro) f. Russian: область (ru) (óblast') f., район (ru) (rajón) m. Scots: aurie Scottish Gaelic: àrainn (gd) f. Spanish: área (es) f., región (es) f. Swedish: område (sv) n. Turkish: bölge (tr), alan (tr) Vietnamese: miền (vi)

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Translations to be checked

Danish: areal (da) n. Finnish: pinta-ala, alue French: aire f. Galician: área German: Areal Hebrew: אזור (ezor) m. Interlingua: area

Italian: area f. Latin: regio f. Polish: obszar m. Portuguese: área f.

See also

• Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres
• Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectares

Anagrams

• æra

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Galician

Noun

area f. (plural areas)

1. sand (grain)
2. sand (collectively)

Synonyms

• (sand collectively): xabre

See also

• área

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ārea. Cf. aia.

Noun

area f. (plural aree)

1. area, surface
2. land, ground
3. field, sector

Anagrams

• aera

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Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. According to a hypothesis, it is related to āreō "I become dry," on notion of a dry, bare space.

Noun

ārea (genitive āreae); f, first declension

1. open space
2. a threshing floor
3. vocative singular of ārea

āreā f.

1. ablative singular of ārea

Inflection

First declension (1).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ārea	āreae
genitive	āreae	āreārum
dative	āreae	āreīs
accusative	āream	āreās
ablative	āreā	āreīs
vocative	ārea	āreae

Descendants

English: area French: aire, are Italian: area, aia

Portuguese: área, eira Romanian: arie Spanish: área, era

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Papiamentu

Noun

area

1. area

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Swedish

Noun

area c.

1. (geometry) area; a measure of squared distance.

Declension

Declension of area

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	area	arean	areor	areorna
genitive	areas	areans	areors	areornas