ábaco
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Galician
Etymology
From Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ábaco m (plural ábacos)
- abacus (calculating table)
- (architecture) abacus (uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)
Further reading
- “ábaco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abacus (“board”),[1] from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”),[2] from Hebrew אבק (abák, “dust”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ábaco m (plural ábacos)
- abacus (instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by sliding balls on wires, or counters in grooves)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ábaco.
Related terms
References
- ^ “ábaco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ^ “ábaco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ábaco m (plural ábacos)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: abako
Further reading
- “ábaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014