abaca

• abacá, abáca, abaka, abaká

From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaká.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈkɑ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈkɑ/

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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.][1]

   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.][1]

   Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

• Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

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

• Caaba

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

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

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abaca m (plural abacas)

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

   Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

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

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

abaca m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of abacà

From English abaca, from Spanish abacá (“abaca, Manilla hemp”), from Tagalog abaká (“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”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɑːka/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːka
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ca

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

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