ábaco

From Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).

• Hyphenation: á‧ba‧co

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

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

• “ábaco” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Borrowed from Latin abacus (“board”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”), from Hebrew אבק‎ (abák, “dust”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ku/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ko/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɐ.ku/
• Hyphenation: á‧ba‧co

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

1. abacus (instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by sliding balls on wires, or counters in grooves)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ábaco.

From Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈabako/, [ˈaβako]
• Hyphenation: á‧ba‧co

ábaco m (plural ábacos)

1. abacus

• “ábaco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.