abakus
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin abacus, abax (“sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games”) (compare Late Latin abacus (“art of arithmetic”)), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈabakus]
Noun
abakus m inan
Declension
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑbɑkus/, [ˈɑbɑkus̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑbɑkus
- Syllabification(key): a‧ba‧kus
Noun
abakus
- (mathematics, rare) abacus (a calculating frame)
- Synonyms: helmitaulu, laskulauta, laskutaulu
- (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
- Synonym: katelaatta
Declension
| Inflection of abakus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | abakus | abakukset | |
| genitive | abakuksen | abakusten abakuksien | |
| partitive | abakusta | abakuksia | |
| illative | abakukseen | abakuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | abakus | abakukset | |
| accusative | nom. | abakus | abakukset |
| gen. | abakuksen | ||
| genitive | abakuksen | abakusten abakuksien | |
| partitive | abakusta | abakuksia | |
| inessive | abakuksessa | abakuksissa | |
| elative | abakuksesta | abakuksista | |
| illative | abakukseen | abakuksiin | |
| adessive | abakuksella | abakuksilla | |
| ablative | abakukselta | abakuksilta | |
| allative | abakukselle | abakuksille | |
| essive | abakuksena | abakuksina | |
| translative | abakukseksi | abakuksiksi | |
| instructive | — | abakuksin | |
| abessive | abakuksetta | abakuksitta | |
| comitative | — | abakuksineen | |
| Possessive forms of abakus (type vastaus) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | abakukseni | abakuksemme |
| 2nd person | abakuksesi | abakuksenne |
| 3rd person | abakuksensa | |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from a Semitic source; compare Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaba.kʊs]
- Hyphenation: aba‧kus
Noun
abakus (first-person possessive abakusku, second-person possessive abakusmu, third-person possessive abakusnya)
- abacus:
- calculating frame
- Synonyms: dekak-dekak, swipoa
- Synonym: sempoa (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
- (architecture) the uppermost portion of the capital of a column. [from 1970s]
- calculating frame
Further reading
- “abakus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
Malay

Alternative forms
Etymology
From English abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /abakos/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /abakʊs/
- Rhymes: -akos, -kos, -os
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin abacus, abax (“sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board”), possibly from a Semitic source, such as Phoenician -𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤒 (-ʾbʾq) or Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːbakʉs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉs
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧kus
Noun
abakus m (definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakuser, definite plural abakusene)
- (mathematics) abacus (an instrument used for performing arithmetical calculations, with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units)
- 2011 March 11, Aftenposten, page 8:
- en abakus, eller kuleramme, er en tidlig forløper til dagens kalkulator. Den første ble utviklet i Mesopotamia over 2000 år f. Kr.
- An abacus, or abacus, is an early precursor to today's calculator. The first was developed in Mesopotamia over 2000 BC.
- Abakus er nok en fortsettelse av tidligere tiders fingertelling eller daktylonomi
- Abacus is another continuation of the finger counting or dactylonomy of earlier times
- Synonym: kuleramme
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- (architecture, art) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave)
- 1902, Lorentz Dietrichson, Omrids af den kirkelige Kunstarkæologi, page 34:
- den korinthiske [søyle], hvis abacus, bøiet og med afskaarne hjørner, bar en liden roset paa hver sides midte
- the Corinthian [pillar], whose abacus, bent and with truncated corners, bore a small rosette in the middle of each side
- Abakus er den øvre, plateformete delen av kapitélet på en søyle, som benyttes som opplagringspunkt for bjelker.
- The abacus is the upper, plate-shaped part of the capital of a pillar, which is used as a storage point for beams.
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Derived terms
- abasist (“abacist”)
References
- “abakus” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abakus” in Store norske leksikon
- “abakus (matematikk)” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
abakus m (definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakusar, definite plural abakusane)
- abacus (a counting frame)
- Synonym: kuleramme
- (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
References
- See Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia (links above)
Polish


Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈba.kus/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -akus
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧kus
Noun
abakus m inan
- abacus (a counting frame)
- Synonym: abak
- (architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
- spoczywać na abakusie ― to rest on an abacus
Declension
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading
- abakus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- abakus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abakus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 1
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎbakus/
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧kus
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈabakus]
Noun
abakus m (genitive singular abakusu, nominative plural abakusy, genitive plural abakusov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Swedish
Noun
abakus c
- abacus (a table or frame used for calculating)
- abacus (the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)
Declension
| Declension of abakus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | abakus | abakusen | abakusar | abakusarna |
| Genitive | abakus | abakusens | abakusars | abakusarnas |
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧kus
- IPA(key): /ˌʔabaˈkus/, [ˌʔa.bɐˈxus]
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