abacà

Borrowed from Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaká.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.baˈka]

abacà m (plural abacàs)

1. the abaca plant
2. Manila hemp — a fiber obtained from the abaca
3. Manila hemp cloth

• cànem de Manila

• “abacà”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• abaca

From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka.

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈka/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧cà

abacà m (invariable)

1. Manila hemp

   Synonym: canapa di Manila

• abacà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana