Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carreau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: car-reau
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.

Example Sentences

"In 1809 and 1814, land reform in southern and western Haiti resulted in the estimated redistribution of some 76,000 carreaux of land among 2,322 civil and military officers."

Etymology

Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of quarrel.

Inflected Forms

carreaux (plural)

Questions

What does carreau mean?: A Haitian unit of land, 100 square pas: roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.
Where does carreau come from?: Borrowed from French carreau. Doublet of quarrel.

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