abaca
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌkɑː/, /ˈæb.əˌkə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌkɑ/
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Noun edit
abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)
- Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana
- (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: abaca
Translations edit
plant
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fiber/fibre — see Manila hemp
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abaca”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abaca m (plural abacas)
- a banana tree, the abaca
- Manilla hemp
- Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal
Further reading edit
- “abaca”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abaca m (invariable)
- Alternative form of abacà
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From English abaca, from Spanish abacá (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Tagalog abaka (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”), from Classical Syriac ܐܳܦܰܩܬܳܐ (ʾāpaqtā), ܐܰܦܩܰܥܬܳܐ (ʾap̄qaʿtā, “de-seeded cotton”) from ܦܩܰܥ (pqaʿ, “to split, to reave, to crack”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abaca m (definite singular abacaen, indefinite plural abacaer, definite plural abacaene)
- (botany) Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
- abaca (the fiber of the abaca plant, used in rope)
- Synonym: manilahamp