hektare
See also: Hektare
English
Noun
hektare (plural hektares)
- 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)
- 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.