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Definitions and meaning of alb

alb

Translingual

Symbol

alb

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Albanian.

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/
  • Rhymes: -ælb
• (UK, also) IPA^(key): /alb/
  • Rhymes: -alb

Noun

alb (plural albs)

1. (Christianity, chiefly Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

Synonyms

• alba

Derived terms

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)

1. white
2. (figurative) 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)

1. (poetic) white

   Synonym: blanc

Derived terms

• albenc

Related terms

• alba
• albedo
• eixalbar

Further reading

• “alb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalp]

Noun

alb

1. 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 *albʰós.

Noun

alb m (plural elbe or elber)

1. elf
2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy

Usage notes

• Used through the 13th century.

Declension

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

Inherited from Latin albus, from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos, *álbʰos, *albʰós (“white”). Doublet of album.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alb/

Adjective

alb m or n (feminine singular albă, masculine plural albi, feminine and neuter plural albe)

1. white
2. (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate

Declension

Antonyms

• negru

Derived terms

• alba
• albicios
• albuș
• albuț

Related terms

• albi
• albeață
• albastru

Noun

alb m (plural albi)

1. the color white
2. white person

Declension

See also

Romansch

Alternative forms

• alv (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter)

Etymology

From Latin albus.

Adjective

alb m (feminine singular alba, masculine plural albs, feminine plural albas)

1. (Vallader) white

Antonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
• (Surmiran) neir