Standard Lemma guide

hectometre

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛktəʊˌmiːtə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈhɛktəˌmitɚ/
  • General-American: /hɛkˈtɑmɪtɚ/
  • rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

An SI unit of length equal to 100 metres. Symbol: hm

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: metrology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hectometer, hm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric linear unit

History

Etymology

From hecto- + metre.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: হেক্টোমিটার (hekṭōmiṭar) — the length of 100 metres
  • Catalan: hectòmetre — the length of 100 metres
  • Czech: hektometr — the length of 100 metres
  • Danish: hektometer — the length of 100 metres
  • Dutch: hectometer — the length of 100 metres
  • Esperanto: hektometro — the length of 100 metres
  • Finnish: hehtometri — the length of 100 metres
  • French: hectomètre — the length of 100 metres
  • Georgian: ჰექთომეტრი (hektomeṭri) — the length of 100 metres
  • German: Hektometer — the length of 100 metres
  • Greek: εκατόμετρο (ekatómetro) — the length of 100 metres
  • Hindi: हेक्टोमीटर (hekṭomīṭar) — the length of 100 metres
  • Hungarian: hektométer — the length of 100 metres
  • Icelandic: hektómetri — the length of 100 metres
  • Interlingua: hectometro — the length of 100 metres
  • Italian: ettometro — the length of 100 metres
  • Japanese: ヘクトメートル — the length of 100 metres
  • Kannada: ಹೆಕ್ಟೋಮೀಟರು (hekṭōmīṭaru) — the length of 100 metres
  • Khmer: ហិកតូម៉ែត្រ (hektoo-maet) — the length of 100 metres
  • Korean: 헥토미터 (hektomiteo) — the length of 100 metres
  • Lao: ເຮັກໂຕແມັດ (hek tō mæt) — the length of 100 metres
  • Lao: ເຮັກໂຕເມັດ (hek tō met) — the length of 100 metres
  • Latin: hecatometrus — the length of 100 metres
  • Macedonian: хектометар (hektometar) — the length of 100 metres
  • Malayalam: ഹെക്ടോമിറ്റർ (hekṭōmiṟṟaṟ) — the length of 100 metres
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hektometer — the length of 100 metres
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hektometer — the length of 100 metres
  • Persian: هکتومتر (hektometr) — the length of 100 metres
  • Polish: hektometr — the length of 100 metres
  • Portuguese: hectômetro — the length of 100 metres
  • Portuguese: hectómetro — the length of 100 metres
  • Romanian: hectometru — the length of 100 metres
  • Russian: гектоме́тр (gektométr) — the length of 100 metres
  • Spanish: hectómetro — the length of 100 metres
  • Swedish: hektometer — the length of 100 metres
  • Tagalog: hektometro — the length of 100 metres
  • Telugu: హెక్టోమీటరు (hekṭōmīṭaru) — the length of 100 metres
  • Thai: เฮกโตเมตร — the length of 100 metres
  • Urdu: ہیکٹومِیٹَر (hekṭōmīṭaru) — the length of 100 metres
  • Vietnamese: hectomet — the length of 100 metres