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Arpent

'ARPENT

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Noun.
In Domesday, it is written arpennus, arpendus, and arpent. Columella mentions that the arepennis was equal to half the Roman juger. The word is supposed to be corrupted from arvipendium, or aripennium, the measuring of land with a cord.
A portion of land in France, ordinarily containing one hundred square rods or perches, each of 18 feet. But the arpent is different in different parts of France. The arpent of Paris contains 900 square toises. It is less than the English acre, by about one seventh.

Definition 2024

arpent

arpent

English

Noun

arpent ‎(plural arpents)

  1. A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
  2. A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.

Translations

French

Etymology

Late Latin *arepennis ‎(“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- ‎(“end, extremity of a field”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.pɑ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃
  • Homophone: arpents

Noun

arpent m ‎(plural arpents)

  1. arpent
    • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Sa curiosité et son extravagance arrivèrent à ce point qu’il vendit plusieurs arpents de bonnes terres à labourer pour acheter des livres de chevalerie à lire.
      His curiosity and his extravagance came to the point that he sold several arpents of good working land to buy books of chivalry to read.

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Etymology

From French, from Late Latin *arepennis ‎(“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- ‎(“end, extremity of a field”).

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