# arpent

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures (from 58 to 72 metres).
2. A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures (from 3419 to 5107 square metres).

## Etymology
From French arpent, from Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”) (see Proto-Celtic *Kʷennowindos).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arpent