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hectolitre

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A unit of volume or capacity equivalent to 100 litres. Symbol: hL

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hectoliter, hl

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric capacity unit

History

Etymology

From French hectolitre. By surface analysis, hecto- + litre.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хектолитър (hektolitǎr) — 100 litres
  • Catalan: hectolitre — 100 litres
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百升 (bǎishēng) — 100 litres
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公石 (gōngdàn) — 100 litres
  • Czech: hektolitr — 100 litres
  • Dutch: hectoliter — 100 litres
  • Esperanto: hektolitro — 100 litres
  • French: hectolitre — 100 litres
  • Galician: hectolitro — 100 litres
  • German: Hektoliter — 100 litres
  • Greek: εκατόλιτρο (ekatólitro) — 100 litres
  • Hungarian: hektoliter — 100 litres
  • Icelandic: hektólítri — 100 litres
  • Italian: ettolitro — 100 litres
  • Polish: hektolitr — 100 litres
  • Portuguese: hectolitro — 100 litres
  • Romanian: hectolitru — 100 litres
  • Russian: гектолитр (gektolitr) — 100 litres
  • Slovak: hektoliter — 100 litres
  • Slovene: hektoliter — 100 litres
  • Spanish: hectolitro — 100 litres
  • Swedish: hektoliter — 100 litres
  • Thai: เฮกโตลิตร — 100 litres