hektare

See also: Hektare

English

Noun

hektare (plural hektares)

1. Dated form of hectare.

Anagrams

• Theaker, akether

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch hectare, from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛʔˈt̪arə]
• Hyphenation: hèk‧ta‧rê

Noun

hektare (plural hektare-hektare, first-person possessive hektareku, second-person possessive hektaremu, third-person possessive hektarenya)

1. hectare: a unit of surface area with the symbol ha. Equal to 100 ares; 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.

Alternative forms

• hektar

Related terms

• are

 

Further reading

• “hektare” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.