álgebra
See also: algebra, Algebra, àlgebra, algebrā, algebră, and alġebra
Portuguese
Noun
álgebra f (plural álgebras)
- algebra
Related terms
- algébrico
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الجبر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”), used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work عِلْم اَلْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (ʿilm al-jabr wālmuqābala, “the science of restoration and equating like with like”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalxebɾa/ [ˈal.xe.β̞ɾa]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -alxebɾa
- Syllabification: ál‧ge‧bra
Noun
álgebra f (plural álgebras)
- algebra
Usage notes
- The feminine noun álgebra is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
- el álgebra
- un álgebra
- However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.
Derived terms
- algebraico
- algebrista
- álgebra abstracta
- álgebra lineal
Further reading
- “álgebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014