hectomètre
French, noun/ɛk.tɔ.mɛtʁ/
hectomètre is spelled H-E-C-T-O-M-È-T-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hectomètre is a French masculine noun meaning “hectometre (UK) / hectometer (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10² mètres, et dont le symbole est hm”.
What does hectomètre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehectometre (UK) / hectometer (US)
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 longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10² mètres, et dont le symbole est hm.
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 hectomètre
- hectomètres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hectomètre?
- /ɛk.tɔ.mɛtʁ/
- \ɛk.tɔ.mɛtʁ\
- [ɛk.tɔ.mɛtʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hectomètre in French?
hectomètre appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).