German

Noun

Abakus m ‎(genitive Abakus, plural Abakusse or Abaki or Abakus)

1. abacus (table with balls on wires or counters in groves, for counting)
2. (architecture) abacus (uppermost part of a column)
   • 1983, Dieter Kurth, Die Dekoration der Säulen im Pronaos des Tempels von Edfu:

     Die Abakus sind aber beschriftet, […]

     The abacuses are, however, inscribed, […]

   • 1984, Wolfram Martini, Das Gymnasium von Samos, page 38:

     […] auch die Abaki der übrigen Kapitelle sind für das Gebälk dieser Halle zu schmal, […]

     […] the abacuses of the remaining capitals, too, are too slender for the entablature of this hall, […]

   • 2000, Gerda Hagenau, Zwischen deutscher und polnischer Literatur, page 87:

     Die Abakusse aller Kapitelle […]

     The abacuses of all of the capitals […]

Malay

abakus

Alternative forms

• اباکوس

Noun

abakus ‎(Jawi spelling اباکوس)

1. abacus (calculating frame)

Synonyms

• dekak-dekak / دکق٢
• sempoa / sepua / cepua / سمڤوا / سڤوا / چڤوا

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abacus

Noun

abakus m ‎(definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakuser, definite plural abakusene)

1. an abacus (counting frame)
2. an abacus (architecture)

Synonyms

• kuleramme (counting frame)

References

• See Norsk bokmål Wiktionary (link alongside)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin abacus

Noun

abakus m ‎(definite singular abakusen, indefinite plural abakusar, definite plural abakusane)

1. an abacus (counting frame)
2. an abacus (in architecture)

Synonyms

• kuleramme (counting frame)

References

• See Norsk bokmål Wiktionary (link alongside)

Polish

abakus (#2)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.kus/

Noun

abakus m inan

1. abacus (obsolete: tray of sand for calculating)
2. abacus (the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àbak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎbakus/
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧kus

Noun

àbakus m ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̀бакус)

1. abacus

Declension

Swedish

Noun

abakus c

1. an abacus; a table used for calculating
2. an abacus; the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column

Declension

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abako

Etymology

From English abacus, from Latin abacus, abax; from Greek ἄβαξ ‎(ábax, “board covered with sand”), possibly from Hebrew אבק ‎(āvāq, “dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈkus/

Noun

abakus

1. abacus