abacus
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈɑ.baː.kʏs/
noun
Definitions
- (arithmetic) An abacus arithmetic calculation device, usually with beads on rods.
- (architecture) An abacus upper portion of a column's capital.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abacus (abacus, board, panel, counting board) derived from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (board, board covered with sand, a calculation board covered with sand, calculating, board slab, counting board, board for drawing, plate, dice-board, board covered with sand for drawing).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄβαξ
Gloss
board, board covered with sand, a calculation board covered with sand, calculating, board slab, counting board, board for drawing, plate, dice-board, board covered with sand for drawing
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abacus English
- abax English
- abacinus Latin
- abacista Latin
- abaculus Latin
- abacus Latin
- abacī Latin
- Abakus German
- abakusz Hungarian
- abbaco Italian
- abaque French
- аба́к, абак Russian
- абака Russian
- ábaco Spanish, Castilian
- ἄβαξ Ancient Greek
- abakus Norwegian Bokmål
- ábaco Portuguese
- abakus Norwegian Nynorsk
- abacus Middle English
- abacas Irish
- àbac Catalan, Valencian
- ábaco Galician
- άβακας Greek (modern)
- abakus Indonesian
- אָבָק Hebrew (modern)
- אבק Hebrew (modern)
- აბაკი Georgian
- -𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤒 Phoenician