ábaco

ábaco

See also: abaco and Abaco

Galician

Etymology

From Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: á‧ba‧co

Noun

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

1. abacus (calculating table)
2. (architecture) abacus (uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)

Further reading

• “ábaco” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus (“board”),[1] from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”),[2] from Hebrew אבק‎ (abák, “dust”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɐ.ku/ [ˈa.βɐ.ku]

• Hyphenation: á‧ba‧co

Noun

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

1. abacus (instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by sliding balls on wires, or counters in grooves)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ábaco.

Related terms

• abacista

References

1. “ábaco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
2. “ábaco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabako/ [ˈa.β̞a.ko]
• Rhymes: -abako
• Syllabification: á‧ba‧co

Noun

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

1. abacus

Derived terms

• ábaco neperiano

 

Related terms

• abacista

Descendants

• → Tagalog: abako

Further reading

• “ábaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014