abelsk gruppe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abelsk +‎ gruppe, first part from the last name of Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, + the prefix -sk (“-ish”), from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Last part from German Gruppe (“group”), from French groupe (“group”), from Italian gruppo (“group, cluster, party”), from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, Renaissance Latin grupus (“group”), from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“lump, round mass, body, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to crumple, bend, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbl̩sk.ɡrʉpːə/, /ˈɑːbəlsk.ɡrʉpːə/

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• Rhymes: -ʉpːə
• Hyphenation: ab‧elsk‧grup‧pe

Noun

abelsk gruppe f or m (definite singular abelske gruppa or abelske gruppen, indefinite plural abelske grupper, definite plural abelske gruppene)

1. (algebra, mathematics) an abelian group (a group in which the group operation is commutative)

References

• “abelsk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abelsk gruppe” in Store norske leksikon