area

See also área, àrea, and äreä

English

Etymology

From Latin area.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈeə̯ɹiə̯/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæɹiə̯/, /ˈeɹiə̯/

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Noun

Wikipedia area (plural areas or areæ)

1. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; 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.

7. (slang) genitals

Derived terms

Related terms

Area 51 area code area-denial area of influence area rug area rule Broca's area combined statistical area common area danger area disaster area equal-area free trade area geographical area goal area gray area grey area lateral area metropolitan area

metropolitan area network notification area outside gross area penalty area Planck area protected area rest area Ruhr Area Schengen Area safe area second moment of area service area specific leaf area staging area surface area terminal control area Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ventral tegmental area Wernicke's area

Related terms

• areal

Translations

math: measure of extent of a surface

• Basque: sail (eu)
• Bulgarian: площ (bg) (plošt), пространство (bg) (prostranstvo), повърхнина (bg) (povǎrhnina)
• Catalan: àrea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面積 (cmn), 面积 (cmn) (miànjī)

• Czech: plocha (cs) f
• Danish: areal (da) n, flademål (da) n
• Dutch: oppervlakte (nl)
• Esperanto: areo (eo)
• Estonian: pindala (et)
• Faroese: vídd (fo)
• Finnish: pinta-ala (fi)
• French: aire (fr) f
• German: Oberfläche (de) f
• Greek: εμβαδό (el) (emvadó) n, εμβαδόν (el) (emvadón) n
• Hungarian: terület (hu)

• Icelandic: flatarmál (is) n
• Japanese: 面積 (ja) (めんせき, menseki)
• Korean: 면적 (ko) (myeonjeok)
• Luxembourgish: Fläch (lb)
• Norwegian: areal (no)

  Nynorsk: flatevidd (nn)

• Polish: powierzchnia (pl) f
• 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
• Spanish: área (es) f
• Swedish: área (sv) c, yta (sv) c

particular geographic region

• Baluchi: ہند (hand)
• Bulgarian: област (bg) (oblast), район (bg) (rajon) m
• Catalan: àrea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地區 (cmn), 地区 (cmn) (dìqū), 領域 (cmn), 领域 (cmn) (lǐngyù)

• Czech: oblast (cs) f
• Dutch: regio (nl), streek (nl), gebied (nl)
• Finnish: alue (fi)
• French: aire (fr) f
• German: Gebiet (de) n
• Greek: περιοχή (el) (periochí) f
• Hindi: क्षेत्र (hi) (kṣetra) m
• Hungarian: terület (hu)

• Italian: area (it) f
• Japanese: 領域 (ja) (りょういき, ryōiki)
• Khmer: តំបន់ (km) (tɑmbɑn)
• Korean: 지역 (ko) (jiyeok)
• Norwegian: område (no) n
• Polish: obszar (pl) m
• 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)

any particular extent

• Finnish: alue (fi)
• Greek: τμήμα (el) (tmíma) n, μερίδα (el) (merída) f

• Korean: 부분 (ko) (bubun), 공간 (ko) (gonggan)

figuratively, any extent, scope or range

• Finnish: alue (fi)
• Greek: έκταση (el) (éktasi) f, διάσταση (el) (diástasi) f

• Korean: 범위 (ko) (beomwi), 분야 (ko) (bunya)
• Polish: dziedzina (pl) f

open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement

• Greek: επιφάνεια υπογείων (el) (epifáneia ypogeíon) f
• Japanese: 地下勝手口 (ja) (ちかかってぐち, chikakatteguchi)

• Korean: 지하출입구 (ko) (jihachuripgu)

soccer: penalty area — see penalty area

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: areal (da) n
• French: aire f
• Galician: área
• German: Areal
• Hebrew: אזור (ezor) m
• Interlingua: area

• Italian: area f
• Latin: regio f
• 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. Cognate to Italian aia (which is not borrowed but inherited).

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 Old Portuguese: eira

Portuguese: área (borrowing), 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
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	area	arean	areor	areorna
genitive	areas	areans	areors	areornas