abakus

• abak

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈabakus]

abakus m inan

1. abacus (a calculating table or frame)

   Synonym: počitadlo

2. abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑbɑkus/, [ˈɑ̝bɑ̝kus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑbɑkus
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ba‧kus

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaba.kʊs]

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• Hyphenation: aba‧kus

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

1. abacus:
   1. calculating frame

      Synonyms: dekak-dekak, swipoa

      Synonym: sempoa (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

   2. (architecture) the uppermost portion of the capital of a column. [from 1970s]

abakus

1. a global distribution system

• “abakus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

abakus m

1. accusative plural of abaks

• اباکوس

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

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

abakus (Jawi spelling اباکوس)

1. abacus (calculating frame)

• dekak-dekak / دکق٢
• sempoa / sepua / cepua / سمڤوا / سڤوا / چڤوا

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbakʉs/

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• Rhymes: -ʉs
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧kus

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 [pillar], 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.

• abasist (“abacist”)

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

From Latin abacus.

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)

• See Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia (links above)

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus,[1] from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax).[2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.kus/

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• Rhymes: -akus
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧kus

abakus m inan

1. abacus (a counting frame)

   Synonym: abak

2. (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)

   spoczywać na abakusie ― to rest on an abacus

• abakus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abakus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 1

• àbak

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

àbakus m (Cyrillic spelling а̀бакус)

1. abacus

• IPA^(key): [ˈabakus]

abakus m inan (genitive singular abakusu, nominative plural abakusy, genitive plural abakusov, declension pattern of dub)

1. abacus (a calculating table or frame)

   Synonym: počítadlo

2. abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)

• “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, 2024

abakus c

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

• abakus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔabakus/ [ˈʔa.bɐ.xʊs]
• Rhymes: -abakus
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧kus

ábakús (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃᜓᜐ᜔)

1. abacus

   Synonym: abako

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

Ultimately from Latin abacus.

abakus m

1. abacus