abaca
French, noun/a.ba.ka/
abaca is spelled A-B-A-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abaca is a French masculine noun meaning “a banana tree, the abaca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bananier des Philippines de la famille des musacées, dont les feuilles fournissent le chanvre de Manille, une…”.
What does abaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea banana tree, the abaca
- 2
masculineManilla hemp
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bananier des Philippines de la famille des musacées, dont les feuilles fournissent le chanvre de Manille, une matière textile. 2. Fibre textile tirée du bananier du même nom, appelée aussi chanvre de Manille ou tagal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abaca
- abacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abaca?
- /a.ba.ka/
- Quebec /a.ba.ka/
- Quebec /a.ba.kɑ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abaca in French?
abaca appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).