álgebra

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

Portuguese

Noun

álgebra f (plural álgebras)

1. algebra

Related terms

• algébrico

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic الجبر‎ (al-jabr, “reunion”, “resetting of broken parts”), used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work علم الجبر والمقابلَة (ilm al-jabr wa’l-muqābala), “the science of restoration and equating like with like”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalxebɾa/, [ˈalxeβɾa]

Noun

álgebra f (plural álgebras)

1. algebra

Usage notes

• The feminine noun álgebra is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el álgebra

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Derived terms

• algebraico
• algebrista
• álgebra abstracta
• álgebra lineal

Further reading

• “álgebra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.