acra

See also: ACRA, Acra, and acra-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ̆κρᾰ (ăkră), probably back-formed from German Akren as this is more easily encountered and even the English is most likely found in books written by Germans.

Noun

acra pl (plural only)

  1. (anatomy, rare) The vascular areas of the body most removed from the heart.
    • 2004 January 8, Raymond L. Barnhill, Michael Piepkorn, Klaus J. Busam, Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Malignant Melanoma, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 89:
      The principal differential diagnostic considerations in the case of nevi situated at the acra are atypical nevus and melanoma and, occasionally Spitz nevus/tumor.
    • 2014 July 29, Sandra Ückert, Cold Application in Training & Competition: The Influence of Temperature on Your Athletic Performance, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 52:
      The surface area to volume ratio requires that the surface temperature in the nearly cylinder-shaped body parts should be lower the smaller their radius is. Consequently skin temperatures drop toward the ends of the extremities. A quicker cooling of the acra compared to head or trunk also occurs.

Anagrams

French

Noun

acra m (plural acras)

  1. A type of fish fritter

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Middle English aker, from Old English æcer (“field where crops are grown”),[3] from Proto-West Germanic *akr, otherwise from Old Norse akr; either way from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Alternative forms

Noun

acra m (genitive singular acra, nominative plural acraí)

  1. acre
Declension
Declension of acra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative acra acraí
vocative a acra a acraí
genitive acra acraí
dative acra acraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-acra na hacraí
genitive an acra na n-acraí
dative leis an acra
don acra 		leis na hacraí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Noun

acra m (genitive singular acra, nominative plural acraí)

  2. tool, implement
  3. service, convenience
Declension
Declension of acra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative acra acraí
vocative a acra a acraí
genitive acra acraí
dative acra acraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-acra na hacraí
genitive an acra na n-acraí
dative leis an acra
don acra 		leis na hacraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of acra
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
acra n-acra hacra t-acra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 69, page 18; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 225
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acra (‘acre’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Achras, from Ancient Greek ἀχράς (akhrás).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.kra/
  • Rhymes: -akra
  • Hyphenation: à‧cra

Noun

acra f (plural acre)

  1. synonym of sapodilla

Further reading

  • acra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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