English Explanatory Dictionary

arpent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures (from 58 to 72 metres).
  2. A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures (from 3419 to 5107 square metres).

Word forms

arpent arpents

Etymology

From French arpent, from Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”) (see Proto-Celtic *Kʷennowindos).

Translations

Italian: arpento Portuguese: arpente Russian: арпан
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