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 (in Czech)
• “abakus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “abakus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈbakus/ [aˈba.kʊs]

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

abakus (plural abakus-abakus)

1. (arithmetic) abacus (calculating frame)

   Synonyms: dekak-dekak, swipoa, sempoa

2. (architecture) abacus (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

Borrowed from English abacus.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /abakos/
  • Rhymes: -akos, -os
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /abakus/
  • Rhymes: -akus, -us

abakus (Jawi spelling اباکوس, plural abakus-abakus)

1. abacus (device for performing arithmetical calculations)

   Synonyms: dekak-dekak, sempoa

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][2] Doublet of abak.

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.kus/

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

abakus m inan

2. (arithmetic) abacus (device used for performing arithmetical calculations; a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.)

   Synonym: abak

   Hypernym: liczydło

4. (architecture) abacus (uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave; in some cases, a flat oblong or square slab, in others, more decorated)

   spoczywać na abakusie ― to rest on an abacus

• abakus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abakus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• abakus in PWN's encyclopedia
• 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀бакус)

1. abacus

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈabakus]

abakus m inan (relational adjective abakusový)

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, 2003–2025

abakus c

1. abacus (a table or frame used for calculating)

   Synonym: kulram

2. abacus (the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)

• abakus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• abakus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• abakus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

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

ábakús (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃᜓᜐ᜔)

1. abacus

   Synonym: abako

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

• basuka

Ultimately from Latin abacus.

abakus m

1. abacus