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arpent.

A premetric French unit of length, having various official measures (from 58 to 72 meters).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑː(ɹ)pənt//ɑː(ɹ)ˈpɒ̃n/
  1. A premetric French unit of length, having various official measures (from 58 to 72 meters).

  2. A premetric French unit of area, having various official measures (from 3419 to 5107 square meters).

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.