àbac

Meaning

1. (masculine) an abacus (calculating frame with beads constrained to rows by grooves or wires)
2. (archaic, masculine) in the Middle Ages, a mathematics textbook
3. (masculine) a mathematical table
4. (masculine) score string
5. (masculine) an abacus (sand tray used for drawing or calculating)
6. (masculine) an abacus (uppermost prismatic member of a column)
7. (masculine) a checkerboard or a chessboard
8. (archaic, masculine) an abacus (compartmented tray or table used to store valuables)
9. (masculine, modern) More generally, now used for any table
10. (masculine) a sluice, especially one used for mining
11. (masculine) an abacus (plates of stone or metal used to cover a surface)

Concepts

abacus

graph

scale

chessboard

chart

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counting frame

sluice

counting-frame

aback

score string

buffet

calculating

calculating frame

checkerboard

Translations

abaque

abaco

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ábaco

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ábaco

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Abakus

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άβακας

telraam

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abacus

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boulier

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abaküs

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pallottoliere

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Rechenbrett

Kapitelldeckplatte

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈa.βək]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: abacus

In summary

Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board or slab”).