abaca
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editabaca (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
editplant
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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
editAnagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabaca 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editabaca m (invariable)
- Alternative form of abacà
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editabaca 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
References
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