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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algebra, from the Arabic word الْجَبْر (al-jabr, reunion, resetting of broken parts) in the title of al-Khwarizmi's influential work الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب الْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (al-kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala, The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæl.dʒɪ.bɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.bɹə/, /ˈæl.d͡ʒə.bɹə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

algebra (countable and uncountable, plural algebras)

  1. (uncountable, mathematics) Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.
  2. (uncountable, mathematics, sometimes capitalized) Abstract algebra: A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside analysis) loosely characterized by its concern for abstraction and symmetry, dealing with the behavior, classification, and application of a large class of objects (called algebraic structures) and the maps between them (called, most generally, morphisms).
  3. (countable, mathematics, algebra) Any of several objects of study in Algebra
    1. A universal algebra.
    2. An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.
      Synonyms: algebra over a field, algebra over a ring
  4. (countable, set theory, mathematical analysis) A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).
    Synonyms: field of sets, algebra of sets
    Hypernym: ring
    Hyponym: σ-algebra
  5. (figurative) A system or process (especially one that is complex or convoluted) that substitutes one thing for another, or uses signs or symbols to represent concepts or ideas.
    • 1663, William Clark, edited by William Hugh Logan, Marciano; or, The discovery: A tragi-comedy, Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation, published 1871, →ISBN, page 13:
      Fly ! Fly ! avaunt with that base cowardly gibbrish ; That Algebra of honour ; which had never Been nam'd, if all had equal courage—what?
  6. (uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.
    • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:
      Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
    • 1987, John Newsome Crossley, “Latency”, in The emergence of number, Singapore: World Scientific, →ISBN, Al-Khwarizwi, page 65:
      Algebra is used today by surgeons to mean bone-setting, i.e. the restoration of bones, and the idea of restoration is present in the mathematical context, too.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chinese: 代數 / 代数 (dàishù)

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, reunion, resetting of broken parts); see also the English algebra.

Pronunciation

Noun

algebra f

  1. algebra

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Noun

algebra c (singular definite algebraen, not used in plural form)

  1. (mathematics) algebra (using symbols)
  2. (mathematics) algebra (study of algebraical structures)

Declension

Declension of algebra
common
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative algebra algebraen
genitive algebras algebraens

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch algebra, from Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.ɣəˌbraː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧ge‧bra

Noun

algebra f (uncountable)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
    Synonyms: stelkunde, stelkunst

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

Noun

algebra

  1. algebra

Declension

Inflection of algebra (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)
nominative algebra algebrat
genitive algebran algebrien
algebroiden
algebroitten
partitive algebraa algebria
algebroita
illative algebraan algebriin
algebroihin
singular plural
nominative algebra algebrat
accusative nom. algebra algebrat
gen. algebran
genitive algebran algebrien
algebroiden
algebroitten
algebrojen rare
algebrain rare
partitive algebraa algebria
algebroita
algebroja rare
inessive algebrassa algebroissa
algebrissa
elative algebrasta algebroista
algebrista
illative algebraan algebriin
algebroihin
adessive algebralla algebroilla
algebrilla
ablative algebralta algebroilta
algebrilta
allative algebralle algebroille
algebrille
essive algebrana algebroina
algebrina
translative algebraksi algebroiksi
algebriksi
abessive algebratta algebroitta
algebritta
instructive algebroin
algebrin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of algebra (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

Noun

algebra

  1. (mathematics) algebra (a system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols)
  2. (education) algebra (the study of algebra as a school subject)
    Tudnál segíteni algebrában?Could you help me with my algebra?

Declension

Possessive forms of algebra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. algebrám algebráim
2nd person sing. algebrád algebráid
3rd person sing. algebrája algebrái
1st person plural algebránk algebráink
2nd person plural algebrátok algebráitok
3rd person plural algebrájuk algebráik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • algebra in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • algebra in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, reunion, resetting of broken parts).

Pronunciation

Noun

algebra f (plural algebre)

  1. algebra

Descendants

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, reunion, resetting of broken parts).

Pronunciation

Noun

algebra f (genitive algebrae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) algebra

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

Latvian

 algebra on Latvian Wikipedia
Algebras formula

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, reunion, resetting of broken parts) in the title of al-Khwarizmi's influential work الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب اَلْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (al-kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala, The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing).

Pronunciation

Noun

algebra f (4th declension)

  1. algebra is a branch of mathematics that studies generic numbers ('variables') regardless of their actual numeric value; the corresponding school subject
    algebras formulaalgebraic formula
    algebras specialistsalgebra specialist
    algebras mācību grāmataalgebra textbook
    algebras stundaalgebra class, lesson
    risināt, atrisināt algebras uzdevumuto solve an algebra problem
    algebra ir viena no matematikas pamatnozarēmalgebra is one of the fundamental branches of mathematics

Declension

Declension of algebra (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative algebra
genitive algebras
dative algebrai
accusative algebru
instrumental algebru
locative algebrā
vocative algebra

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), via Medieval Latin algebra.

Noun

algebra m (definite singular algebraen, indefinite plural algebraer, definite plural algebraene)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
  2. an algebra textbook

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), via Medieval Latin algebra.

Noun

algebra m (definite singular algebraen, indefinite plural algebraer, definite plural algebraene)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
  2. an algebra textbook

Derived terms

References

Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English algebra. Possibly borrowed from German Algebra, French algèbre, or Spanish álgebra, ultimately from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr) “reunion”, “resetting of broken parts”, used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب الْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (al-kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala, the compendious book on restoration and equating like with like). First attested in 1654–1676.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈɡɛ.bra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛbra
  • Syllabification: al‧ge‧bra

Noun

algebra f

  1. algebra (field of mathematics)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Collocations

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “algebra”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “algebra”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
  3. ^ Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (06.05.2009) “ALGEBRA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎlɡeːbra/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ge‧bra

Noun

àlgēbra f (Cyrillic spelling а̀лге̄бра)

  1. algebra

Declension

Declension of algebra
singular plural
nominative àlgēbra algebre
genitive algebre àlgēbārā / àlgēbrī
dative algebri algebrama
accusative algebru algebre
vocative algebro algebre
locative algebri algebrama
instrumental algebrom algebrama

Further reading

  • algebra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Noun

algebra

  1. misspelling of álgebra

Swedish

Noun

algebra c

  1. (mathematics) algebra

Declension

Welsh

Noun

algebra m or f (uncountable)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
    Synonym: (obsolete) alsoddeg

Mutation

Mutated forms of algebra
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algebra unchanged unchanged halgebra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “algebra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies