abaco
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaco (plural abacos)
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- abbaco (uncommon, except in the meaning of “art of counting”)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin abacus (“counting board”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abaco m (plural abachi)
- abacus (calculating frame)
- multiplication table
- Synonym: tavola pitagorica
- The art of counting.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A board used to display pottery during banquets.
- (furniture) abacus (church furniture)
- Synonym: credenza (more common)
- (architecture) abacus (uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- abaco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- abaco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
abacō m
Categories:
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua nouns
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms with historical senses
- it:Ancient Rome
- it:Furniture
- it:Architecture
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms