Arpent Definition

är-päɴ
noun
Any of various French units of land measurement, especially one used in parts of Canada and the southern United States and equal to about 0.4 hectare (0.85 acre).
American Heritage
An old French unit of land measure, formerly used in parts of Quebec and Louisiana, equal to about56 acre.
Webster's New World

A unit of length, having various official measures.

Wiktionary

A unit of area, having various official measures.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Arpent

Noun

Singular:
arpent
Plural:
arpents

Origin of Arpent

  • From French, from Late Latin *arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French from Latin arepennis half acre per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

AARARP

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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arpent

Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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