alqueire.
alqueire, Portuguese bushel, a traditional unit of dry measure equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts
Meaning & usage
alqueire, Portuguese bushel, a traditional unit of dry measure equal to 13.1–19.3 liters in different 19th-century contexts
load, a notional unit of dry measure equivalent to the amount able to be carried by a pack animal
alqueire, a notional unit of land area equivalent to the amount able to be sown with an alqueire of seed
synonym of pote, a traditional unit of liquid volume
Where this word comes from
From Arabic الكَيْل (al-kayl, “a measure”), from ك ي ل (k y l).
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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.