nabla

== English == === Alternative forms === (instrument): nevel === Etymology === 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. === Noun === nabla (plural nablas) A Hebrew stringed instrument. (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator. ==== Synonyms ==== (instrument): nebel (obsolete, possibly the same instrument) (symbol): atled, del ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Nabla symbol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nevel (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Alban, Balan, Blaan, Laban, Nabal, alban, banal, laban, labna, nabal == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: na‧bla === Noun === nabla c (plural nabla's, no diminutive) (mathematical analysis) nabla, ∇ == Finnish == === Etymology === From Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɑblɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝blɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑblɑ Syllabification(key): nab‧la Hyphenation(key): nab‧la === Noun === nabla nabla (symbol and instrument) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nablata === Anagrams === alban == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈna.bla/ Rhymes: -abla Hyphenation: nà‧bla === Noun === nabla m (invariable) (mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈna.bɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.bla] === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla). ==== Noun ==== nabla f (genitive nablae); first declension A kind of lyre. ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → English: nabla === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== nabla nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nablum === References === “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 == Spanish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnabla/ [ˈna.β̞la] Rhymes: -abla Syllabification: na‧bla === Noun === nabla f (plural nablas) (historical, music) nabla (A Hebrew stringed instrument.) Synonyms: nablo, nebel (mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇) === Further reading === “nabla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “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