abakus

Alternative forms

• اباکوس‎

Etymology

From English abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אבק‎ (āvāq, “dust”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /abakos/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /abakʊs/
• Rhymes: -akos, -kos, -os

Noun

abakus (Jawi spelling اباکوس)

1. abacus (calculating frame)

Etymology

From Latin abacus

Noun

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

1. an abacus (counting frame)
2. an abacus (architecture)

References

• See Norsk bokmål Wiktionary (link above)

Etymology

From Latin abacus

Noun

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

1. an abacus (counting frame)
2. an abacus (architecture)

References

• See Norsk nynorsk Wiktionary (link above)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.kus/

• Audio

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Noun

abakus m inan

1. abacus (obsolete: tray of sand for calculating)
2. abacus (the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)

Further reading

• abakus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Alternative forms

• àbak

Pronunciation

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

Noun

àbakus m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бакус)

1. abacus

Noun

abakus c

1. an abacus; a table used for calculating
2. an abacus; the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column

Further reading

• abakus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

Alternative forms

• abako

Etymology

Borrowed from English abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אבק‎ (āvāq, “dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈkus/

Noun

abakus

1. abacus