álgebra

See also: algebra, Algebra, àlgebra, algebrā, algebră, and alġebra

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), through Latin algebra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ʒe.bɾɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.ʒe.bɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ʒe.bɾɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.ʒe.bɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ʒe.bɾa/ [ˈaʊ̯.ʒe.bɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʒɨ.bɾɐ/ [ˈaɫ.ʒɨ.βɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -awʒebɾɐ, -alʒɨbɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ál‧ge‧bra

Noun

álgebra f (plural álgebras)

1. algebra
   1. (mathematics) study of formal manipulations of equations, with the aim of solving certain problems (or the equations themselves)
   2. (mathematics) set of unary and binary operations related to each other by certain properties
   3. compendium of this discipline
2. (obsolete) art of restoring dislocated bones

Derived terms

• algébrico

 

Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈalxebɾa/ [ˈal.xe.β̞ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -alxebɾa
• Syllabification: ál‧ge‧bra

Noun

álgebra f (plural álgebras)

1. algebra

Usage notes

• 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

• álgebra abstracta
• álgebra lineal
• algebraico
• algebrista

 

Further reading

• “álgebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28