ábaco

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈabako/ [ˈa.β̞ɑ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -abako
• Hyphenation: á‧ba‧co

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

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

• “ábaco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -abaku, (Portugal) -abɐku
• Hyphenation: á‧ba‧co

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ábaco.

• abacista

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈabako/ [ˈa.β̞a.ko]

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• Rhymes: -abako
• Syllabification: á‧ba‧co

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

1. abacus

• → Tagalog: abako

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