acre
French, noun
acre is spelled A-C-R-E (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,485th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acre is a French feminine noun meaning “acre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, âcre is a different word: “acrid, bitter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de surface égale à 0,4 hectare ou à 4046,9 mètres carrés, encore utilisée en agriculture et dans divers…”.
What does acre mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacre
adjective
- 1
acrid, bitter
- 2
sour, bitter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de surface égale à 0,4 hectare ou à 4046,9 mètres carrés, encore utilisée en agriculture et dans divers pays avec des valeurs différentes.
adjective: 1. Qui a quelque chose de piquant et d’irritant. 2. Irritant.
noun: 1. Danger.
interjection: 1. Cri pour avertir d’un danger. 2. Exclamation lancée pour se taire ou se méfier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acre
- acres plural
- âcres plural
- acrés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to acre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acre in French?
acre appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).