areal

See also: Areal, aréal, areál, and areał

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹiəl/
• (Received Pronunciation, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹɪəl/, /ˈɛəɹiəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Homophones: aerial, Ariel
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl

Adjective

areal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an area.

   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 E_A is defined as the fraction of the total flood pattern that is contacted by the displacing fluid.

Usage notes

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.

Coordinate terms

• lineal, linear
• spacial, spatial

Derived terms

• areally
• biareal
• equiareal
• interareal
• subareal
• triareal

 

Related terms

• area

Translations

areal

• Arabic: مِسَاحِيّ m (misāḥiyy)
• French: aréal (fr)
• Galician: areal (gl)
• Indonesian: areal (id)
• Italian: areale (it)
• Portuguese: areal (pt)
• Spanish: areal

See also

• focal, focused, local, locoregional, regional

Anagrams

• Elara, earal, reaal

Danish

Etymology

From Latin āreālis, from ārea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /areaːl/, [ˌɑːeˈæːˀl]

Noun

areal n (singular definite arealet, plural indefinite arealer)

1. area, space

   Synonym: flademål

2. acreage

Inflection

Declension of areal

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	areal	arealet	arealer	arealerne
genitive	areals	arealets	arealers	arealernes

Galician

Areal of Doniños, Ferrol, Galicia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾeˈal/

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. sandy place
2. beach

   Synonym: praia

Derived terms

• Areás
• Areeiros

Related terms

• area

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “areal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “areal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “areal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “areal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “areal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch areaal, from Latin āreālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɛal]
• Hyphenation: arè‧al

Adjective

arèal

1. areal

Noun

arèal (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) synonym of area

Related terms

• are
• area
• hektare

 

Further reading

• “areal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin āreālis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. area (measurement of a surface)

Derived terms

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

 

References

• “areal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin āreālis.

Noun

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

1. area (measurement of a surface)

Derived terms

• fellesareal
• landareal
• overflateareal

 

References

• “areal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾeˈaw/ [a.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /a.ɾiˈaw/ [a.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /aˈɾjaw/ [aˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾeˈaw/ [a.ɾeˈaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾjal/ [ɐˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾjal/ [ɐˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾja.li/

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

areal m (plural areais)

1. a sandy location

Alternative forms

• arenal

Related terms

• areado
• areento
• areia
• arenoso

 

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

areal m or f (plural areais)

1. areal (of or relating to an area)

Further reading

• “areal”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “areal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “areal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “areal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “areal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Areal.

Noun

areal n (plural areale)

1. area

Declension

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