nabla

• (instrument): nevel

From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate. Doublet of nebel, which comes via the modern Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.

nabla (plural nablas)

1. A Hebrew stringed instrument.
2. (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

• (instrument): nebel (obsolete, possibly the same instrument)
• (symbol): atled, del

• Nabla symbol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nevel (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Alban, Balan, Blaan, Laban, Nabal, alban, banal, laban, labna, nabal

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• Hyphenation: na‧bla

nabla c (plural nabla's)

1. (mathematical analysis) nabla, ∇

From Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑblɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝blɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑblɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nab‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): nab‧la

nabla

1. nabla (symbol and instrument)

• nablata

• alban

Borrowed from English nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.bla/
• Rhymes: -abla
• Hyphenation: nà‧bla

nabla m (invariable)

1. (mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈna.bɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.bla]

From Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

nabla f (genitive nablae); first declension

1. A kind of lyre.

First-declension noun.

• → English: nabla

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nabla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nablum

• “nabla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nabla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Inherited from Old Spanish nabla (1396), from Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnabla/ [ˈna.β̞la]
• Rhymes: -abla
• Syllabification: na‧bla

nabla f (plural nablas)

1. (historical, music) nabla (A Hebrew stringed instrument.)

   Synonyms: nablo, nebel

• “nabla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “nabla”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 31 January 2018, →ISSN