noun · 2 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈhɛk.tɛə/
UK:/ˈhɛk.tɑː/
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US:/ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/
Australian:/ˈhektaː/
Australian:/ˈhektɛː/
CMU ARPABET:HH EH1 K T AA2 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A unit of surface area (symbol ha) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
(abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area unit, square measure
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French hectare, formed from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + are, equivalent to hect- + are.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
هِكْتَار
(hiktār)
— unit of surface area
Armenian:
հեկտար
(hektar)
— unit of surface area
Bulgarian:
хекта́р
(hektár)
— unit of surface area
Catalan:
hectàrea
— unit of surface area
Chinese Mandarin:
公頃 /公顷
(gōngqǐng)
— unit of surface area
Czech:
hektar
— unit of surface area
Dutch:
hectare
— unit of surface area
Dutch:
bunder
— unit of surface area
Esperanto:
hektaro
— unit of surface area
Finnish:
hehtaari
— unit of surface area
French:
hectare
— unit of surface area
Galician:
hectárea
— unit of surface area
Georgian:
ჰექტარი
(hekṭari)
— unit of surface area
German:
Hektar
— unit of surface area
Greek:
εκτάριο
(ektário)
— unit of surface area
Hungarian:
hektár
— unit of surface area
Icelandic:
hektari
— unit of surface area
Ido:
hektaro
— unit of surface area
Indonesian:
hektare
— unit of surface area
Irish:
heicteár
— unit of surface area
Japanese:
ヘクタール
(hekutāru)
— unit of surface area
Japanese:
ヘクタール
(hekutāru)
— unit of surface area
Khmer:
ហិកតា
(hektaa)
— unit of surface area
Korean:
헥타르
(hektareu)
— unit of surface area
Lithuanian:
hektaras
— unit of surface area
Māori:
heketea
— unit of surface area
Occitan:
ectara
— unit of surface area
Plautdietsch:
Hekta
— unit of surface area
Polish:
hektar
— unit of surface area
Portuguese:
hectare
— unit of surface area
Romanian:
hectar
— unit of surface area
Russian:
гекта́р
(gektár)
— unit of surface area
Russian:
га
(ga)
— unit of surface area
Scottish Gaelic:
heactair
— unit of surface area
Slovak:
hektár
— unit of surface area
Spanish:
hectárea
— unit of surface area
Swahili:
hekta
— unit of surface area
Swedish:
hektar
— unit of surface area
Tagalog:
ektarya
— unit of surface area
Tajik:
гектар
(gektar)
— unit of surface area
Turkish:
hektar
— unit of surface area
Ukrainian:
гекта́р
(hektár)
— unit of surface area
