noun
Meaning 1
The fibre of the abaca.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Manila hemp
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noun
Meaning 2
Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abaca, Musa textilis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: banana, banana tree
noun
Meaning 3
a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Manilla hemp, abaca
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hemp
History
Etymology
Manila + hemp
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: abacà — the fibre of the abaca
- Czech: manilské konopí — the fibre of the abaca
- Czech: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Danish: manilahamp — the fibre of the abaca
- Danish: Manilahamp — the fibre of the abaca
- Danish: Manila — the fibre of the abaca
- Dutch: manillahennep — the fibre of the abaca
- Estonian: manilla — the fibre of the abaca
- Estonian: manillakanep — the fibre of the abaca
- Estonian: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Estonian: maniila — the fibre of the abaca
- Estonian: maniila kanep — the fibre of the abaca
- Estonian: manilla kanep — the fibre of the abaca
- Finnish: manilahamppu — the fibre of the abaca
- French: chanvre de Manille — the fibre of the abaca
- French: abaca — the fibre of the abaca
- French: bananier textile — the fibre of the abaca
- Galician: cánabo de Manila — the fibre of the abaca
- Galician: abacá — the fibre of the abaca
- German: Manila — the fibre of the abaca
- German: Manilafaser — the fibre of the abaca
- German: Manilahanf — the fibre of the abaca
- German: Abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- German: Abaca — the fibre of the abaca
- Hanunoo: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Hiligaynon: abaká — the fibre of the abaca
- Interlingua: abaca — the fibre of the abaca
- Italian: canapa di Manila — the fibre of the abaca
- Italian: abaca — the fibre of the abaca
- Latvian: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Latvian: Manilas kaņepāji — the fibre of the abaca
- Lithuanian: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Lithuanian: Manilos kanapė — the fibre of the abaca
- Norwegian Bokmål: manilahamp — the fibre of the abaca
- Norwegian Bokmål: abaca — the fibre of the abaca
- Polish: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Polish: manila — the fibre of the abaca
- Portuguese: abacá — the fibre of the abaca
- Russian: манильская пенька́ (manilʹskaja penʹká) — the fibre of the abaca
- Russian: абака (abaka) — the fibre of the abaca
- Slovak: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Spanish: cáñamo de Manila — the fibre of the abaca
- Spanish: abacá — the fibre of the abaca
- Swedish: abaca — the fibre of the abaca
- Swedish: manillahampa — the fibre of the abaca
- Swedish: Manillahampa — the fibre of the abaca
- Swedish: manilla — the fibre of the abaca
- Tagalog: abaka — the fibre of the abaca
- Yami: avaka — the fibre of the abaca