algebra

algebra

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algebra, from the Arabic word الْجَبْر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”) in the title of al-Khwarizmi's influential work الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب الْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (al-kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala, “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæl.dʒɪ.bɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.bɹə/, /ˈæl.d͡ʒə.bɹə/

Noun

algebra (countable and uncountable, plural algebras)

  2. (uncountable, mathematics) Elementary algebra: A system for representing and manipulating unknown quantities (variables) in equations.
  3. (uncountable, mathematics, sometimes capitalized) Abstract algebra: A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside analysis) loosely characterized by its concern for abstraction and symmetry, dealing with the behavior, classification, and application of a large class of objects (called algebraic structures) and the maps between them (called, most generally, morphisms).
  4. (countable, mathematics, algebra) Any of several objects of study in Algebra
    1. A universal algebra.
    2. An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.
      Synonyms: algebra over a field, algebra over a ring
  5. (countable, set theory, mathematical analysis) A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).
    Synonyms: field of sets, algebra of sets
    Hypernym: ring
    Hyponym: σ-algebra
  6. (figurative) A system or process (especially one that is complex or convoluted) that substitutes one thing for another, or uses signs or symbols to represent concepts or ideas.
  7. (uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.

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Translations

Anagrams

  • Labarge

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”); see also the English algebra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalɡɛbra]

Noun

algebra f

  1. algebra

Declension

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Further reading

  • “algebra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “algebra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Noun

algebra c (singular definite algebraen, not used in plural form)

  1. (mathematics) algebra (using symbols)
  2. (mathematics) algebra (study of algebraical structures)

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch algebra, from Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.ɣəˌbraː/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ge‧bra

Noun

algebra f (uncountable)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
    Synonyms: stelkunde, stelkunst

Derived terms

  • algebraïcus
  • algebraïsch
  • algebraïst
  • lineaire algebra

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlɡebrɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɡe̞brɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɡebrɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): al‧geb‧ra

Noun

algebra

  1. algebra

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “algebra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɡɛbrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: al‧geb‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

algebra

  1. (mathematics) algebra (a system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols)
  2. (education) algebra (the study of algebra as a school subject)
    Tudnál segíteni algebrában? ― Could you help me with my algebra?

Declension

Derived terms

  • algebrai

References

Further reading

  • algebra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • algebra in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.d͡ʒe.bra/
  • Rhymes: -aldʒebra
  • Hyphenation: àl‧ge‧bra

Noun

algebra f (plural algebre)

  1. algebra

Related terms

  • algebrico
  • algebrista

Anagrams

  • alberga

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡe.bra/, [ˈäɫ̪ɡɛbrä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.d͡ʒe.bra/, [ˈäl̠ʲd͡ʒebrä]

Noun

algebra f (genitive algebrae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) algebra

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • algebra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr, “reunion, resetting of broken parts”) in the title of al-Khwarizmi's influential work الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب اَلْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (al-kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala, “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alɡɛbɾa]

Noun

algebra f (4th declension)

  1. algebra is a branch of mathematics that studies generic numbers ('variables') regardless of their actual numeric value; the corresponding school subject
    algebras formula ― algebraic formula
    algebras specialists ― algebra specialist
    algebras mācību grāmata ― algebra textbook
    algebras stunda ― algebra class, lesson
    risināt, atrisināt algebras uzdevumu ― to solve an algebra problem
    algebra ir viena no matematikas pamatnozarēm ― algebra is one of the fundamental branches of mathematics

Declension

Derived terms

  • algebrisks

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), via Medieval Latin algebra.

Noun

algebra m (definite singular algebraen, indefinite plural algebraer, definite plural algebraene)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
  2. an algebra textbook

Derived terms

  • algebraisk
  • lineær algebra

References

  • “algebra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), via Medieval Latin algebra.

Noun

algebra m (definite singular algebraen, indefinite plural algebraer, definite plural algebraene)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
  2. an algebra textbook

Derived terms

  • algebraisk
  • lineær algebra

References

  • “algebra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English algebra. Possibly borrowed from German Algebra, French algèbre, or Spanish álgebra, ultimately from Medieval Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr) “reunion”, “resetting of broken parts”, used in the title of al-Khwarizmi’s influential work الْكِتَاب الْمُخْتَصَر فِي حِسَاب الْجَبْر وَالْمُقَابَلَة (al-kitāb al-muḵtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala, “the compendious book on restoration and equating like with like”). First attested in 1654–1676.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈɡɛ.bra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛbra
  • Syllabification: al‧ge‧bra

Noun

algebra f

  1. algebra (field of mathematics)

Declension

Derived terms

Collocations

References

Further reading

  • algebra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • algebra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “algiebra”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “algiebra”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “algiebra”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎlɡeːbra/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ge‧bra

Noun

àlgēbra f (Cyrillic spelling а̀лге̄бра)

  1. algebra

Declension

Further reading

  • “algebra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Noun

algebra

  1. Misspelling of álgebra.

Swedish

Noun

algebra c

  1. (mathematics) algebra

Declension

Related terms

  • algebraisk
  • relationsalgebra

Welsh

Noun

algebra m or f (uncountable)

  1. (mathematics) algebra
    Synonym: (obsolete) alsoddeg

Mutation

References

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎[7] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “algebra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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