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Definitions and meaning of abaca

abaca

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• abacá, abáca, abaka, abaká

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əˌkɑː/, /ˈæb.əˌkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.əˌkɑ/

Noun

abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)

1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana

2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

Translations

References

Further reading

• Abaca in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Caaba

French

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the Tagalog name for the plant, abaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ka/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a.ba.ka/, /a.ba.kɑ/

Noun

abaca m (plural abacas)

1. a banana tree, the abaca
2. Manilla hemp

   Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ka/
• Rhymes: -abaka
• Hyphenation: à‧ba‧ca

Noun

abaca m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of abacà

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɑːka/
• Rhymes: -ɑːka
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca

Noun

abaca m (definite singular abacaen, indefinite plural abacaer, definite plural abacaene)

1. (botany) Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
2. abaca (the fiber of the abaca plant, used in rope)

   Synonym: manilahamp

References

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