Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word acre. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in acre.
Definitions and meaning of acre
acre
Alternative forms
aker(archaic)
acer(-er form, chiefly UK)
Etymology
From Middle Englishacre, aker, from Old Englishæcer(“field where crops are grown”), from Proto-West Germanic*akr, from Proto-Germanic*akraz(“field”), from Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros(“field”).
Cognate with Scotsacre, aker, acker(“acre, field, arable land”), North Frisianecir(“field, a measure of land”), West Frisianeker(“field”), Dutchakker(“field”), GermanAcker(“field, acre”), Norwegianåker(“field”) and Swedishåker(“field”), Icelandicakur(“field”), Latinager(“land, field, acre, countryside”), Ancient Greekἀγρός(agrós, “field”), Sanskritअज्र(ájra, “field, plain”).
An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
(Chester, historical) An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
(informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
(informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.
(obsolete) A field.
(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
(the area able to be plowed by 8 oxen in a year) Seecarucate
(the area able to be plowed by two oxen in a year) Seevirgate
(the area able to be plowed by an ox in a year) Seeoxgang
(the area able to be plowed by an ox in half a season) Seenook
(the area able to be plowed by an ox in 1⁄4 a season) Seefardel
(10 acres, prob. spurious) acreme
Hyponyms
(1⁄4 acre) Seerood
(1⁄160 acre) lug, perch, (now chiefly Scottish) fall
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ Irish: acra
Norwegian Bokmål: acre
Malay: ekar
Translations
References
Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 3
See also
Weights and measures
Wikipedia article on the acre
Hufe
References
Anagrams
-care, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, Race, acer, care, e-car, race, race-
French
Etymology
Probably from Old Norseakr reenforced by Old Englishæcer(“a field, land, that which is sown, sown land, cultivated land; a definite quantity of land, land which a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, an acre, a certain quantity of land, strip of plough-land; crop”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /akʁ/
Noun
acref (pluralacres)
(historical)acre
Further reading
“acre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
âcre, care, créa, race
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.kre/
Rhymes: -akre
Hyphenation: à‧cre
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinācrem. Doublet of agro.
Adjective
acre (pluralacri, superlativeacerrimo)
sharp, sour
Synonyms:acido, agro, aspro
Synonyms:amabile, dolce
(by extension):
penetrating (of a smell)
Synonym:pungente
shrill (of a sound)
Synonym:stridente
harsh, malevolent
Synonyms:acido, aspro
Synonyms:amabile, dolce
Derived terms
acremente
Related terms
acredine
Further reading
acre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
an acre(an English unit of land area (symbol: ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters)
References
“acre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“acre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“acre” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
race
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishacre. Doublet of åker.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈæɪ.kər/
Noun
acrem (pluralacren)
an acre(an English unit of land area (symbol: ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters)
References
“acre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Noun
acren
Alternative spelling of acrae
Mutation
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Homophone: Acre
Hyphenation: a‧cre
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinācrem. Doublet of agre, agro, andágrio.
Alternative forms
agre
Adjective
acrem or f (pluralacres)
sharp (unpleasantly acrid or tart in taste)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishacre. Doublet of agro.
Noun
acrem (pluralacres)
(measure) English or American acre, a unit of area about equal to 0.4 hectares
Coordinate terms
geira(traditional Portuguese equivalent)
Romanian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.kre/
Adjective
acre
feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of acru
Scots
Alternative forms
acker, ackre, accre, aacre, awker
Etymology
From Middle Englishaker, from Old Englishæcer(“field; acre”), from Proto-West Germanic*akr.
Pronunciation
(Northern) IPA(key): /ˈɑ(ː)kər/
(Central) IPA(key): /ˈekər/
(Southern) IPA(key): /ˈjɪ̢kər/
Noun
acre (pluralacres)
An acre(unit of measurement).
As a lineal measure.
piece of ground.
Usage notes
The plural is acre when following a numeral.
Descendants
→? Scottish Gaelic: acaire, acair
Verb
acre (present participleacrin')
To let grain crops be harvested at a stated sum per acre.
To be employed in harvesting grain crops at a stated sum per acre.
Derived terms
acrer
acrin'
acre-a-bung
References
“acre, n. v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈakɾe/[ˈa.kɾe]
Rhymes: -akɾe
Syllabification: a‧cre
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinācrem.
Adjective
acrem or f (masculine and feminine pluralacres)
bitter; acrid; pungent
caustic
Synonyms:cáustico, mordaz
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishacre. Doublet of agro.
Noun
acrem (pluralacres)
English or American acre
Further reading
“acre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014