area

See also: área, àrea, arẽa, and äreä

area - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: âʼrĭ-ə; IPA: /ˈɛːrɪə/
  • (US) enPR: ârʼē-ə; IPA: /ˈɛɚ.i.ə/

Noun

area (plural areas or areæ)

  1. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
  2. A particular geographic region.
  3. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
    • The photo is a little dark in that area.
  4. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
    • The plans are a bit vague in that area.
  5. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
  6. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
  7. (slang) Genitals.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Greek: επιφάνεια υπογείων f (epifáneia ypogeíon)
  • Japanese: 地下勝手口 (ちかかってぐち, chikakatteguchi)
  • Korean: 지하출입구 (jihachuripgu)
  • Polish: areał (pl) m, rola (pl) f
  • Portuguese: rebaixo m
  • Spanish: patio inglés m

Anagrams

area - Afrikaans

Noun

area (plural areas)

  1. area

Derived terms

area - Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aˈɾea̝/

Noun

area f (plural areas)

  1. sand (a grain)
  2. (figuratively) a grain of salt
  3. sand (collectively)
  4. (dated) beach, cove

Derived terms

area - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈarɛa]
  • Hyphenation: arèa

Noun

arèa (first-person possessive areaku, second-person possessive areamu, third-person possessive areanya)

  1. area:
    1. a particular geographic region.
    2. any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

Derived terms

  • area akting
  • area atas panggung
  • area berjalan aktor
  • area bersinyal
  • area Broca
  • area kerja normal
  • area lampu akting
  • area panggung
  • area pasif
  • area pemilahan
  • area pencahayaan
  • area publik
  • area rehat
  • area umum

area - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.re.a/
  • Hyphenation: à‧re‧a

Noun

area f (plural aree)

  1. area, surface
  2. land, ground
  3. field, sector

Anagrams

area - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ˈaː.re.a/, [ˈäːreä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.re.a/, [ˈäːreä]

Noun

ārea f (genitive āreae); first declension

  1. a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town)
  2. ground for a house, a building-spot
  3. (figuratively) a vacant space around or in a house, a court
  4. (figuratively) an open space for games, an open play-ground
  5. (figuratively) a threshing floor
  6. (figuratively) the halo around the sun or moon
  7. (figuratively) a bed or border in a garden
  8. (figuratively) a fowling-floor
  9. (figuratively) a burying-ground, church-yard
  10. (figuratively) a bald spot upon the head, baldness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ārea āreae
Genitive āreae āreārum
Dative āreae āreīs
Accusative āream āreās
Ablative āreā āreīs
Vocative ārea āreae

Derived terms

Descendants

Borrowings:

Anagrams

area - Papiamentu

Noun

area

  1. area

area - Portuguese

Noun

area f (plural areas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of área

area - Swedish

Noun

area c

  1. (geometry) area; a measure of squared distance.

Declension

Declension of area 
Meaning and Definition of area
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