abscisa

Latin

Pronunciation

• abscīsa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈskiː.sa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈʃiː.s̬a]
• abscīsā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈskiː.saː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈʃiː.s̬a]

Adjective

abscīsa

1. inflection of abscīsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

abscīsā

1. ablative feminine singular of abscīsus

References

• "abscisa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *skey-

Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *skinédti

Proto-Italic *skindō

Latin scindō

Latin abscindō

Latin abscissus

Latin abscissabor.

Spanish abscisa

Borrowed from Latin abscissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absˈθisa/ [aβ̞sˈθi.sa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /abˈsisa/ [aβ̞ˈsi.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: abs‧ci‧sa

Noun

abscisa f (plural abscisas)

1. (geometry) abscissa

See also

• ordenada

Further reading

• “abscisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025