abaca

• abacá, abáca, abaka, abaká

From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əˌkɑː/, /ˈæb.əˌkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əˌkɑ/

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abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)

1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][1]

   Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana

2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][1]

   Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

• Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

• Abaca in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• Caaba

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaka.

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ka/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a.ba.ka/, /a.ba.kɑ/

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abaca m (plural abacas)

1. a banana tree, the abaca
2. Manilla hemp

   Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

• “abaca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ka/
• Rhymes: -abaka
• Hyphenation: à‧ba‧ca

abaca m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of abacà

From English abaca, from Spanish abacá (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Tagalog abaka (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”), from Classical Syriac ܐܳܦܰܩܬܳܐ (ʾāpaqtā), ܐܰܦܩܰܥܬܳܐ (ʾap̄qaʿtā, “de-seeded cotton”) from ܦܩܰܥ (pqaʿ, “to split, to reave, to crack”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɑːka/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːka
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca

abaca m (definite singular abacaen, indefinite plural abacaer, definite plural abacaene)

1. (botany) Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
2. abaca (the fiber of the abaca plant, used in rope)

   Synonym: manilahamp

• “abaca” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abaca” in Store norske leksikon