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cadastre
cadastre
English
Alternative forms
- cadaster (rare)
Noun
cadastre (plural cadastres)
- (cartography) a public survey of land for the purpose of taxation
- a register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
(cartography) a public survey of land
register
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Etymology
Borrowing from Occitan cathastre, from Italian catasto, from Venetian catastico, from Byzantine Greek κατάστιχον (katástikhon, “line by line”), from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “line, row”). Cognate with Spanish catastro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.dastʁ/
Noun
cadastre m (plural cadastres)
- cadastre (a register showing details of land ownership and value)