Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#ABACCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ABAC abacus, abax; from Ancient GreekCategory:Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek#ABAC ἄβαξ (ábax, “board or slab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈa.βək]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAC
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈa.bək]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAC
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.bak]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABAC

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Noun

àbac m (plural àbacs)Category:Catalan lemmas#ABACCategory:Catalan nouns#ABACCategory:Catalan countable nouns#ABACCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ABACCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#ABACCategory:Pages with entries#ÀBACCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ÀBAC

1. an abacus (calculating frame with beads constrained to rows by grooves or wires)
2. (archaicCategory:Catalan terms with archaic senses#ABAC) in the Middle Ages, a mathematics textbook
3. a mathematical table
4. (billiardsCategory:ca:Billiards#ABAC) score string
5. an abacus (sand tray used for drawing or calculating)
6. (architectureCategory:ca:Architecture#ABAC) an abacus (uppermost prismatic member of a column)
7. (gamesCategory:ca:Games#ABAC) a checkerboard or a chessboard
8. (furnitureCategory:ca:Furniture#ABAC, archaicCategory:Catalan terms with archaic senses#ABAC) an abacus (compartmented tray or table used to store valuables)
9. (furnitureCategory:ca:Furniture#ABAC, modern) More generally, now used for any table
10. a sluice, especially one used for mining
11. (constructionCategory:ca:Construction#ABAC) an abacus (plates of stone or metal used to cover a surface)

Further reading

• “àbac”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007