Sentence examples for arpent from inspiring English sources

These are more common in French dialects than in standard French, which preserves a mere handful, such as mouton "sheep," ruche "beehive," and arpent "land measure".

April 30, 1895 Trois-Rivières, Canada December 29 , 1960Lisbon, Portugal Ringuet, pseudonym of Philippe Panneton (born April 30 , 1895 Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivièresa—died December 29, 1960, Lisbon, Portugal) French-Canadian novelist whose Trente arpents (1938; Thirty Acres) is considered a classic of Canadian literature.

His next effort, Trente arpents, was first published in Paris.