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Webster 1913 Edition

Area

A′re-a

(ā′rē̍-ȧ; 277)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Areas
(-ȧz)
.
[L.
area
a broad piece of level ground. Cf.
Are
,
Noun.
]
1.
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
The Alban lake . . . looks like the
area
of some vast amphitheater.
Addison.
2.
The inclosed space on which a building stands.
3.
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
4.
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth’s surface; a region;
as, vast uncultivated
areas
.
5.
(Geom.)
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent;
as, the
area
of a square or a triangle
.
6.
(Biol.)
A spot or small marked space;
as, the germinative
area
.
7.
Extent; scope; range;
as, a wide
area
of thought
.
The largest
area
of human history and man's common nature.
F. Harrison.
Dry area
.
See under
Dry
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Area

A'REA

,
Noun.
[L. I suspect this to be contracted from Heb. from a root which signifies to reach, stretch, lay or spread.]
1.
Any plain surface, as the floor of a room, of a church or other building, or of the ground.
2.
The space or site on which a building stands; or of any inclosure.
3.
In geometry, the superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; as the area of a square or a triangle.
4.
Among physicians, baldness; an empty space; a bald space produced by alopeey; also a name of the disease.
5.
In mining, a compass of ore allotted to diggers.

Definition 2024

área

área

See also: area, àrea, arẽa, and äreä

Asturian

Noun

área f ‎(plural árees)

  1. area

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ārea.

Noun

área f ‎(plural áreas)

  1. area, extent of surface

See also

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ārea. Doublet of eira ‎(“threshing floor”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾjɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾjɐ/, /ˈa.ɾi.ɐ/
  • Homophone: ária

Noun

área f (plural áreas)

  1. area; region; place (a geographical location)
    A igreja fica naquela área.‎
    The church is in that area.
  2. area; region; place (an extent of surface)
    Ele tem espinhas nessa área do rosto.‎
    He has pimples in this area of his face.
  3. area; field (related things and concepts)
    Minha mãe trabalha na área da educação.‎
    My mother works in the field of education.
  4. (geometry) area (measure of two-dimensional extent)
    Calcule a área do triângulo.‎
    Calculate the area of the triangle
  5. (association football) area; penalty area (square in front of the goal)
  6. court (open, enclosed space in a building or compound)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • areazinha (diminutive)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin area. Compare the inherited doublet era ‎(“threshing floor”).

Pronunciation

Noun

área f ‎(plural áreas)

  1. an area
  2. are (unit of area)

Usage notes

  • The feminine noun área is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
el área
  • However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Synonyms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ārea.

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