álgebra
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), through Latin algebra.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
álgebra f (plural álgebras)
- algebra
- (mathematics) study of formal manipulations of equations, with the aim of solving certain problems (or the equations themselves)
- (mathematics) set of unary and binary operations related to each other by certain properties
- compendium of this discipline
- (obsolete) art of restoring dislocated bones
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “álgebra” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الجبر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”), used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work عِلْم اَلْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (ʕilm al-jabr wālmuqābala, “the science of restoration and equating like with like”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈalxebɾa/ [ˈal.xe.β̞ɾa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -alxebɾa
- Syllabification: ál‧ge‧bra
Noun edit
álgebra f (plural álgebras)
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “álgebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014