are
French, noun\aʁ\
are is spelled A-R-E (3 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Are is a French masculine noun meaning “an are” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de surface de terrains, égale à 100 mètres carrés”.
What does are mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean are
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de surface de terrains, égale à 100 mètres carrés.
noun: 1. Allocation de retour à l’emploi.
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 are
- ares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce are?
- \aʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to are
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is are in French?
are appears 11 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).