abaca

See also abacá, and abacà

English

Alternative forms

• abacá, abaka, abaká, abáca

Etymology

Tagalog name for the plant, via Spanish abacá

Noun

abaca (countable and uncountable; plural abacas)

1. A species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile and papermaking fibre (Musa textilis), and also called Manila hemp.
2. (uncountable) The fiber/fibre of this plant.

Synonyms

• (plant): musa textilis, Musa textilis, Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp
• (fibre): Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

Translations

plant

Bulgarian: абака (bg) f. Catalan: abacà (ca) m. Chinese: 蕉麻 (jiāomá)，马尼拉麻 (Mǎnílā má) Danish: abaca (da) Dutch: manillahennep m. Estonian: kanepbanaan, manillakanep, kiubanaan, kiudbanaan Finnish: manila (fi) French: abaca (fr) m. Galician: abacá German: Abaka (de) Greek: αβάκα f.

Hiligaynon: abaká Italian: abaca (it) f. Japanese: マニラアサ (manira asa), マニライトバショウ (manira itobashō) Kapampangan: abaka Latin: Musa textilis (accepted scientific name) Macedonian: абака (mk) (ábaka) f. Polish: banan manilski m. Portuguese: abacá (pt) m. Russian: текстильный банан (ru) (tekstíl’nyj banán) m., абака (ru) (abaká) f. Spanish: abacá (es) m. Tagalog: abaka

fiber/fibre — see Manila hemp

Anagrams

• Caaba

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ba.ka/ SAMPA: /a.ba.ka/
• (QC) IPA: /a.bɑ.kɑ/ SAMPA: /a.bA.kA/

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Noun

abaca m. (plural abacas)

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

Synonyms

• (Manilla hemp): chanvre de Manille, tagal