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hectoliter

hectoliter

1 7.0
A unit for measuring liquid equal to 100 liters, often used for wine or beer
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛktoʊˌlitər/
  • Specialized
: hectolitro
  • The brewery invested in new storage tanks capable of holding up to 5,000 hectoliters of beer to meet rising demand.
  • million hectoliters

Examples

  • France had more vineyards than it needed; by the mid-1970s, the wine excess was some 30 million hectoliters annually (Fornairon 1989, 86).

    Academic text (1993)

  • In 2020, Italy produced over 47 million hectoliters of wine, maintaining its position as the leading wine producer in the world.

  • Each year, Germany brews approximately 8 million hectoliters of beer, showcasing its rich brewing tradition.

Synonyms

hl
vshectoliter
  • Specialized
7.5

A unit of volume equal to 100 liters

is the same unit but spelled out in full not as the short symbol

Surface Forms

hectoliter singular
hectoliters plural

Morphology

hectoliter = liter (transparent) = hecto + liter

Formed by the productive metric prefix 'hecto-' meaning 100 applied to 'liter', yielding '100 liters' in a directly compositional way.

Etymology

The word hectoliter comes from the prefix hecto-, which means 'hundred', and the unit liter, a common measure for liquids. So a hectoliter is simply 'hundred liters', which is why it is used to measure large amounts of wine or beer.