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See also: Abakus and abaküs

Czech

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax (sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games) (compare Late Latin abacus (art of arithmetic)), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board).

Pronunciation

Noun

abakus m inan

  1. abacus (a calculating table or frame)
    Synonym: počitadlo
  2. abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)

Declension

Further reading

  • abakus”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • abakus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • abakus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English abacus), ultimately from Latin abacus.

Pronunciation

Noun

abakus

  1. (mathematics, rare) abacus (a calculating frame)
    Synonyms: helmitaulu, laskulauta, laskutaulu
  2. (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
    Synonym: katelaatta

Declension

Inflection of abakus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative abakus abakukset
genitive abakuksen abakusten
abakuksien
partitive abakusta abakuksia
illative abakukseen abakuksiin
singular plural
nominative abakus abakukset
accusative nom. abakus abakukset
gen. abakuksen
genitive abakuksen abakusten
abakuksien
partitive abakusta abakuksia
inessive abakuksessa abakuksissa
elative abakuksesta abakuksista
illative abakukseen abakuksiin
adessive abakuksella abakuksilla
ablative abakukselta abakuksilta
allative abakukselle abakuksille
essive abakuksena abakuksina
translative abakukseksi abakuksiksi
abessive abakuksetta abakuksitta
instructive abakuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of abakus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative abakukseni abakukseni
accusative nom. abakukseni abakukseni
gen. abakukseni
genitive abakukseni abakusteni
abakuksieni
partitive abakustani abakuksiani
inessive abakuksessani abakuksissani
elative abakuksestani abakuksistani
illative abakukseeni abakuksiini
adessive abakuksellani abakuksillani
ablative abakukseltani abakuksiltani
allative abakukselleni abakuksilleni
essive abakuksenani abakuksinani
translative abakuksekseni abakuksikseni
abessive abakuksettani abakuksittani
instructive
comitative abakuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative abakuksesi abakuksesi
accusative nom. abakuksesi abakuksesi
gen. abakuksesi
genitive abakuksesi abakustesi
abakuksiesi
partitive abakustasi abakuksiasi
inessive abakuksessasi abakuksissasi
elative abakuksestasi abakuksistasi
illative abakukseesi abakuksiisi
adessive abakuksellasi abakuksillasi
ablative abakukseltasi abakuksiltasi
allative abakuksellesi abakuksillesi
essive abakuksenasi abakuksinasi
translative abakukseksesi abakuksiksesi
abessive abakuksettasi abakuksittasi
instructive
comitative abakuksinesi

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, board covered with sand), possibly from a Semitic source; compare Hebrew אָבָק (avák, dust).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: aba‧kus

Noun

abakus (first-person possessive abakusku, second-person possessive abakusmu, third-person possessive abakusnya)

  1. abacus:
    1. (arithmetic) calculating frame
      Synonyms: dekak-dekak, swipoa
      Synonym: sempoa (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
    2. (architecture) the uppermost portion of the capital of a column.

Proper noun

abakus

  1. a global distribution system

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

abakus m

  1. accusative plural of abaks

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English abacus.

Pronunciation

Noun

abakus (Jawi spelling اباکوس, plural abakus-abakus, informal 1st possessive abakusku, 2nd possessive abakusmu, 3rd possessive abakusnya)

  1. abacus (device for performing arithmetical calculations)
    Synonyms: dekak-dekak, sempoa

Norwegian Bokmål

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A Chinese-style abacus with beads sliding on rods
An abacus is the uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave

Etymology

From Latin abacus, abax (sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board), possibly from a Semitic source, such as Phoenician -𐤀‬𐤁𐤀‬𐤒 (-ʾ‬bʾ‬q) or Hebrew אָבָק (avák, dust).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːbakʉs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʉs
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧kus

Noun

abakus m (definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakuser, definite plural abakusene)

  1. (mathematics) abacus (an instrument used for performing arithmetical calculations, with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units)
    • 2011 March 11, Aftenposten, page 8:
      en abakus, eller kuleramme, er en tidlig forløper til dagens kalkulator. Den første ble utviklet i Mesopotamia over 2000 år f. Kr.
      An abacus, or abacus, is an early precursor to today's calculator. The first was developed in Mesopotamia over 2000 BC.
    Abakus er nok en fortsettelse av tidligere tiders fingertelling eller daktylonomi
    Abacus is another continuation of the finger counting or dactylonomy of earlier times
    Synonym: kuleramme
  2. (architecture, art) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave)
    • 1902, Lorentz Dietrichson, Omrids af den kirkelige Kunstarkæologi, page 34:
      den korinthiske [søyle], hvis abacus, bøiet og med afskaarne hjørner, bar en liden roset paa hver sides midte
      the Corinthian , whose abacus, bent and with truncated corners, bore a small rosette in the middle of each side
    Abakus er den øvre, plateformete delen av kapitélet på en søyle, som benyttes som opplagringspunkt for bjelker.
    The abacus is the upper, plate-shaped part of the capital of a pillar, which is used as a storage point for beams.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Latin abacus.

Noun

abakus m (definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakusar, definite plural abakusane)

  1. abacus (a counting frame)
    Synonym: kuleramme
  2. (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)

References

  • See Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia (links above)

Polish

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abakus sense 1
abakus sense 2

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus.[1][2] Doublet of abak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈba.kus/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -akus
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧kus

Noun

abakus m inan

  1. (arithmetic) abacus (device used for performing arithmetical calculations; a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.)
    Synonym: abak
    Hypernym: liczydło
  2. (architecture) abacus (uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave; in some cases, a flat oblong or square slab, in others, more decorated)
    spoczywać na abakusieto rest on an abacus

Declension

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “abakus”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎbakus/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧kus

Noun

àbakus m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бакус)

  1. abacus

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax (sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games)

Pronunciation

Noun

abakus m inan (related adjective abakusový)

  1. abacus (a calculating table or frame)
    Synonym: počítadlo
  2. abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)

Declension

Further reading

  • abakus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

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Noun

abakus c

  1. abacus (a table or frame used for calculating)
    Synonym: kulram
  2. abacus (the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)

Declension

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English abacus, from Latin abacus. Doublet of abako.

Pronunciation

Noun

ábakús (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. abacus
    Synonym: abako

Further reading

  • abakus”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Zazaki

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin abacus.

Noun

abakus m

  1. abacus