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cadastre

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
  • /kəˈdæstəɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cadastral survey

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cadaster

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: register, registry

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French cadastre.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cadastre — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Dutch: kadaster — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Esperanto: katastro — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Esperanto: kadastro — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Finnish: kiinteistötoimitus — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Galician: catastro — cartography: a public survey of land
  • German: Kataster — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Greek: κτηματολόγιο (ktimatológio) — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Hungarian: kataszteri felmérés — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Ido: kadastro — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Indonesian: kadaster — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Portuguese: cadastro — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Romanian: cadastru — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Russian: када́стр (kadástr) — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Spanish: catastro — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Swedish: katastermätning — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Turkish: kadastro — cartography: a public survey of land
  • Catalan: cadastre — register
  • Czech: katastr — register
  • Egyptian: T-mA-T12 (ṯmꜣ) — register
  • Finnish: kiinteistörekisteri — register
  • Galician: catastro — register
  • Greek: κτηματολόγιο (ktimatológio) — register
  • Hungarian: kataszter — register
  • Hungarian: telekkönyv — register
  • Ido: kadastro — register
  • Italian: catasto — register
  • Portuguese: cadastro — register
  • Romanian: cadastru — register
  • Russian: када́стр (kadástr) — register
  • Serbo-Croatian: ката̀стар — register
  • Serbo-Croatian: katàstar — register
  • Slovak: kataster — register
  • Spanish: catastro — register
  • Spanish: registro de bienes raíces — register
  • Swedish: jordebok — register
  • Swedish: matrikel — register
  • Swedish: kataster — register
  • Swedish: mantalslängd — register
  • Swedish: fastighetsregister — register
  • Swedish: katasterkarta — register
  • Swedish: lantmäterikarta — register