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areal

See also: Areal, aréal, areál, and areał

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin āreālis; by surface analysis, area +‎ -al. Cognate with English areolar. False cognates include English arena, adrenal, anear.

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Adjective

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areal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to an area or geographic region.
    areal flood warning
    areal interstices ― the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves
    • 2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, page 307:
      Areal density is often used as a technology growth-rate indicator for the hard disk drive industry. Areal density is defined as the product of the linear bits per inch (bpil, measured along the length of the tracks around the disk, multiplied by the number of tracks per inch (tpi), measured radially on the disk (see Figure 9.1).
    • 2009, Sydney Lou Bonnick, Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice: Application and Interpretation, page 157:
      It should be clear then, that BMD[Bone Mineral Density] measurements with DXA[Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry] are two-dimensional or areal measurements, whereas BMD measurements with QCT[Quantitative Computed Tomography] are three-dimensional or volumetric. Because DXA measurements are areal, bone size can affect the apparent BMD.
    • 2010, Tarek Ahmed, Reservoir Engineering Handbook, page 985:
      The areal sweep efficiency EA is defined as the fraction of the total flood pattern that is contacted by the displacing fluid.
    • 2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 7:
      Naturally, there are complications: some literatures are linguistically IE but geographically Near Eastern, and it is not always possible to tell a hoary theme of PIE antiquity from a more recent areal development.

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Analogy with the frequent usage of a- as a prefix meaning "not", in terms of Latin and/or Greek derivation (for ex.: amoral, asymmetry, atypical), suggests a second reading of areal as a- +‎ real, but this reading is prescriptively disallowed, presumably due to potential confusion.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin āreālis, from ārea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /areaːl/, [ˌɑːeˈæːˀl]

Noun

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areal n (singular definite arealet, plural indefinite arealer)

  1. area, space
    Synonym: flademål
  2. acreage

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Declension of areal
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative areal arealet arealer arealerne
genitive areals arealets arealers arealernes

Galician

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Areal of Doniños, Ferrol, Galicia

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese arẽal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from area (“sand”) +‎ -al. Cognate with Portuguese areal and Spanish arenal.

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  • IPA(key): /aɾeˈal/ [a.ɾeˈɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: a‧re‧al

Noun

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areal m (plural areais)

  1. sandy place
    Synonym: areeiro
  2. beach
    Synonym: praia

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch areaal, from Latin āreālis.

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aréal (comparative lebih areal, superlative paling areal)

  1. areal

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aréal (plural areal-areal)

  1. (colloquial) synonym of kawasan
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Latin āreālis.

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areal n (definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal or arealer, definite plural areala or arealene)

  1. area (measurement of a surface)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin āreālis.

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areal n (definite singular arealet, indefinite plural areal, definite plural areala)

  1. area (measurement of a surface)

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɾeˈaw/ [a.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /a.ɾiˈaw/ [a.ɾiˈaʊ̯], (faster) /aˈɾjaw/ [aˈɾjaʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: a‧re‧al

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese arẽal, from arẽa (“sand”) +‎ -al. By surface analysis, areia +‎ -al.

Noun

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areal m (plural areais)

  1. a sandy location
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Etymology 2

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From área +‎ -al, or borrowed from Latin āreālis.

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areal m or f (plural areais)

  1. areal (of or relating to an area)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Areal.

Noun

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areal n (plural areale)

  1. area

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative areal arealul areale arealele
genitive-dative areal arealului areale arealelor
vocative arealule arealelor
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