cadastre
English
Alternative forms
- cadaster (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from French cadastre.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Noun
cadastre (plural cadastres)
- (cartography) A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
- Synonym: cadastral survey
- A register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value.
Related terms
- cadastral
- cadastrally
Translations
cartography: a public survey of land
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register
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Anagrams
- cadaster, tea cards
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan cathastre, from Italian catastro (modern catasto), from Venetian catastico, from Byzantine Greek κατάστιχον (katástikhon, “line by line”), from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “line, row”). Cognate with Spanish catastro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.dastʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
cadastre m (plural cadastres)
- cadastre (a register showing details of land ownership and value)
Derived terms
- cadastral
Descendants
- → English: cadastre
- → Portuguese: cadastro
- → Turkish: kadastro
Further reading
- “cadastre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cadrâtes
Portuguese
Verb
cadastre
- inflection of cadastrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative