Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hachure

/hæˈʃʊɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hachure
IPA: /hæˈʃʊɹ/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.⁷

verb

To mark a map with hachures.

Example Sentences

""The adjoining Fig. 1 shows a mountainous island with the hill slopes indicated by a method of Hill-shading called 'hachures'. These hachures are lines indicating the direction of the slope. Where the slopes are steep the lines are thick and close together, making a dark shade; when the slopes are less steep the lines are finer and wider apart, gradually tapering off and becoming lighter until they stop where the slope ends, so that there is no hill-shading on level country.""

Etymology

From French hachure (“crosshatching”), from hacher (“to hatch”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /hæˈʃʊɹ/
British English: /hæʃˈjʊə/

Inflected Forms

hachures (plural) hachures (present, singular) hachuring (participle, present) hachured (participle, past) hachured (past)

Synonyms

hatch hatching crosshatch

Questions

How do you pronounce hachure?: The recorded pronunciation is /hæˈʃʊɹ/.
What does hachure mean?: A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.⁷
Where does hachure come from?: From French hachure (“crosshatching”), from hacher (“to hatch”).

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