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hectar

hectare /hekˈtar/

noun#1322 most common

Example sentences

Ferma are un hectar de teren.
The farm has one hectare of land.
Am cumpărat două hectare de pământ.
I bought two hectares of land.
Pădurea se întinde pe cincizeci de hectare.
The forest stretches over fifty hectares.
Prețul unui hectar de teren agricol a crescut anul acesta.
The price of a hectare of farmland has risen this year.
Suprafața totală a exploatației depășește o mie de hectare.
The total area of the farm exceeds a thousand hectares.
Randamentul mediu la hectar a scăzut din cauza secetei prelungite.
The average yield per hectare has fallen because of the prolonged drought.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativehectarhectare
Genitivehectaruluihectarelor
Accusativehectarhectare
Vocativehectarulehectarelor

Word family

hectolitruhectoliter
hectogramhectogram
arare (100 square meters)
hectometruhectometer

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "hectar" from French "hectare" in the 19th century, when the metric system spread across Europe. The French word itself was coined from Greek "hekaton" (hundred) and "are", a unit of area of 100 square meters that France adopted during its own metric reform of the 1790s. So a hectare is literally one hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters.

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