English Etymology From French abaque. Doublet of abacus. Noun abaque (plural abaques) nomogram French Etymology From Latin abacus. Pronunciation IPA(key): /a.bak/ Audio:(file) Noun abaque m (plural abaques) (historical) an abacus for counting Synonyms: boulier, boulier compteur (architecture) the abacus of a column (mathematics) a nomogram Further reading “abaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.