álgebra

See also: algebra, Algebra, àlgebra, algebrā, algebră, and alġebra

Portuguese

Noun

álgebra f (plural álgebras)

1. algebra

Related terms

• algébrico

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic الجبر (al-jabr, “reunion”, “resetting of broken parts”), used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work علم الجبر والمقابلَة (ilm al-jabr wa’l-muqābala), “the science of restoration and equating like with like”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalxebɾa/ [ˈal.xe.β̞ɾa]

Noun

álgebra f (plural álgebras)

1. algebra

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el álgebra, un álgebra

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

• algebraico
• algebrista
• álgebra abstracta
• álgebra lineal

Further reading

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