hectare
French, noun
hectare is spelled H-E-C-T-A-R-E (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hectare is a French masculine noun meaning “hectare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of hectarer. With an accent, hectaré is a different word: “past participle of hectarer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de superficie en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI)…”.
What does hectare mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehectare
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of hectarer
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 superficie en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant cent ares, et dont le symbole est ha.
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 hectare
- hectares plural
- hectarée feminine
- hectarés masculine plural
- hectarées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hectare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hectare in French?
hectare appears 2.2 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).