hectolitre

Questions about hectolitre

What does hectolitre mean?

hectolitre means "a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters".

How many syllables are in hectolitre?

hectolitre has 3 syllables: hec-to-litre. The stress falls on "hec".

What is another word for hectolitre?

Close synonyms include hectoliter, hl. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hectolitre a common word?

hectolitre is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.