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alb
English
Alternative forms
- albe, aube (both obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ælb/
- (UK, also) IPA(key): /alb/
Noun
alb (plural albs)
- (Christianity, chiefly Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 131:
- ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 131:
Related terms
- album
- albumin
- albus
- Albion
Translations
See also
- epigonation
- epimanikion
- epitrachelion
- maniple
- omophorion
- rhason
- sakkos
- sticharion
- zone
Anagrams
- BAL, BLA, LAB, Lab, Lab., abl., lab
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- albu
Etymology
From Latin albus. Compare to Daco-Romanian alb.
Adjective
alb (feminine albe, masculine plural alghi, feminine plural albi)
- white
- (figuratively) clean
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin albus. Only used in poetic/literary contexts or found in some toponyms.
Adjective
alb (feminine alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albes)
- (poetic) white
Synonyms
- blanc
Related terms
- alba
- eixalbar
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?alp]
Noun
alb
- genitive plural of album
Middle High German
Alternative forms
- alp
Etymology
From Old High German alp, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *alb?ós.
Noun
alb m (plural elbe or elber)
- elf
- friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
Usage notes
- Used through the 13th century.
Descendants
- German: Alb, Albdruck, Albtraum.
References
- Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin albus, from Proto-Italic *al?os, from Proto-Indo-European *h?élb?os, *álb?os, *alb?ós (“white”). Doublet of album.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alb/
Adjective
alb m or n (feminine singular alb?, masculine plural albi, feminine and neuter plural albe)
- white
- (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate
Declension
Antonyms
- negru
Derived terms
- alba
- albicios
- albu?
- albu?
Related terms
- albi
- albea??
- albastru
Noun
alb m (plural albi)
- the color white
- white person
See also
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv
Etymology
From Latin albus.
Adjective
alb m (feminine singular alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albas)
- (Vallader) white
Antonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
- (Surmiran) neir
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alc
English
Noun
alc
- Abbreviation of alcohol.
- 5.3% alc
Anagrams
- ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LAC, LAc, LCA, Lac, cal, cal., lac
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin aliquod. Compare Spanish algo.
Pronoun
alc
- something
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