Definition:Abelian Group/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Abelian Group
The pronunciation of abelian in the term abelian group is usually either a-bee-lee-an or a-bell-ee-an, putting the emphasis on the second syllable.
Note that the term abelian has thus phonetically lost the connection to its eponym Abel (correctly pronounced aah-bl).