abaca

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See also: abacá, abacà, and abacă

English

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abaca (Musa textilis)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

Noun

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. [1]
    Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana
  2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth. [1]
    Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaca”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

abaca m (plural abacas)

  1. a banana tree, the abaca
  2. Manilla hemp
    Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

abaca m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of abacà

Norwegian Bokmål

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abaca (Musa textilis)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

References

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