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== English == === Noun === aker (plural akers) Obsolete spelling of acre ==== Derived terms ==== aker-staf ==== References ==== Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia === Anagrams === Kera, rake, Akre, Kear, KERA, reak, Rake, arke == Basque == === Etymology === From Proto-Basque *akeR. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aker/ [a.ker] Rhymes: -aker, -er Hyphenation: a‧ker === Noun === aker anim he-goat, billy goat ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== akelarre === Further reading === “aker”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “aker”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaː.kər/ Hyphenation: aker Rhymes: -aːkər === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch aker, eker, haker, from Old Dutch *aker, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], Latin aquarium. The loan from Latin is likely very early, as evidenced by the shifted consonants in Old High German ahhāri, ahari, agari. Doublet of aquarium. ==== Noun ==== aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n) (Southern) bucket Synonym: emmer (historical) metal well bucket Synonym: putemmer (dated, Eastern Netherlands) kettle ===== Related terms ===== aquarium === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch aker, from Old Dutch *akaran, from Proto-Germanic *akraną. ==== Noun ==== aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n) (archaic) acorn ===== Synonyms ===== eikel === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n) (obsolete) acre == Kabyle == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akər/ === Verb === aker alternative form of akʷer == Middle English == === Alternative forms === acre === Etymology === From Old English æcer, from Proto-West Germanic *akr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːkər/, /ˈakər/ === Noun === aker (plural akers) field (piece of arable land) acre (land measure of 160 rods square (though actually varying in size, both regionally and in time), usually described as 40 rods/1 furlong long and 4 rods wide.) ==== Descendants ==== English: acre, acer, aker (obsolete)→ Norwegian Bokmål: acre→ Malay: ekar→ Malayalam: ഏക്കർ (ēkkaṟ)→ Tamil: ஏக்கர் (ēkkar)→ Telugu: ఎకరా (ekarā), ఎకరము (ekaramu) Scots: acre, acker, ackre, accre, aacre, awker, yicker→? Scottish Gaelic: acaire, acair Yola: aager → Irish: acra → Welsh: acer ==== References ==== “āker, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old Swedish == === Alternative forms === akker, āker (late), ᛆᚴᚽᚱ (runic) === Etymology === From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz. === Noun === aker m field, cultivated land ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: åker == Scots == === Noun === aker (plural akers) Shetland form of awkir === References === “aker, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Senhaja de Srair == === Alternative forms === akʷer, akkʷer (Bunsar, Seddat, Zerqet) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔkər (“to steal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /akər/ === Verb === aker (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴻⵔ) (transitive) to steal Synonyms: ṭiyyer (Ketama, Taghzut, Zerqet), sferfer (Zerqet), ceffer (Hmed) ==== Related terms ==== === References === Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[3], retrieved 2025 Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[4], Paris, France: HAL == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === aker m inan (Cyrillic spelling акер) acre == Vilamovian == === Noun === aker m field (wide, open space used to grow crops)