different between abaca vs abac

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• abacá, abáca, abaka, abaká

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.??k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb.??k?/

Noun

abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)

1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana

2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

Translations

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

References

Anagrams

• Caaba

French

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ka/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a.b?.k?/

Noun

abaca m (plural abacas)

1. a banana tree, the abaca
2. Manilla hemp

   Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

Further reading

• “abaca” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ba.ka/
• Hyphenation: à?ba?ca

Noun

abaca m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of abacà

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English abaca, from Spanish abacá (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Tagalog abaká (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Arabic ?????? (?abaq, “abaca”), from Classical Syriac ????????? (??paqt?), ?????????? (?ap?qa?t?, “de-seeded cotton”) from ????? (pqa?, “to split, to reave, to crack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b??ka/
• Rhymes: -??ka
• Hyphenation: a?ba?ca

Noun

abaca m (definite singular abacaen, indefinite plural abacaer, definite plural abacaene)

1. (botany) Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
2. abaca (the fiber of the abaca plant, used in rope)

   Synonym: manilahamp

References

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

English

Noun

abac (plural abacs)

1. (mathematics) A nomogram.

Translations

Anagrams

• A.C.A.B., AABC, AACB, ABCA, ACAB, BCAA, Baca, Caba, caba

Friulian

Etymology

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Noun

abac m (plural abacs)

1. abacus

References

• ARLEF

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bak/

Noun

abac

1. Alternative spelling of abak

Romanian

Etymology

From French abaque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bak/

Noun

abac n (plural abace)

1. An abacus.
2. A table or diagram that facilitates solving a mathematical problem.

Declension

Further reading

• abac in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)