arpent
/ˈɑː(ɹ)pənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "One Tract of Land, situated in the Parish of Orleans, on the left bank of the Mississippi, at about two and a half miles below New Orleans, measuring one half arpent front on the River, by 80 arpents deep, bounded on one side by the property of Mr. Lanaux, and on the other side by that of Mrs. Corron; […]"
- "In Louisiana and Missouri there were two chief forms of grants—urban and rural. These urban grants consisted of inlots, outlots, and common lands, very much like the Pennsylvania plan, but on a broader basis. The earliest settlers, for social reasons and protection, seemed to favor settling together. The rural grants varied from several hundred to thousands of acres, the league square, consisting of 7,056 arpents, not being unusual."
Etymology
From French arpent, from Late Latin arepennis (“surface of a field”), from Gaulish *are-penno- (“end, extremity of a field”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸarekʷennom.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: arpent, arepennis, *are-penno-, *ɸarekʷennom