abaque

English

Etymology

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Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax)der.

Latin abacusder.

French abaquebor.

English abaque

Borrowed from French abaque. Doublet of abacus and abac.

Noun

abaque (plural abaques)

1. A nomogram.

French

Etymology

From Latin abacus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bak/

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Noun

abaque m (plural abaques)

1. (historical) an abacus for counting

   Synonyms: boulier, boulier compteur

2. (architecture) the abacus of a column
3. (mathematics) a nomogram

Further reading

• “abaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012